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Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: PoW and free energy
by
hatshepsut93
on 02/05/2021, 21:16:45 UTC
I was wondering... When nuclear fusion becomes a thing in "the next 30 years", i.e., almost infinite and free energy production, what do you think will happen to proof of work? Will make the bitcoin consensus stronger or weaker?

Nuclear fusion has been in research for how many years? 60 or 70? It might never be possible on a commercial scale. But even if it will be possible, it won't give us free and infinite electricity, and even in best case when it gives us really cheap electricity, mining would still have other costs, so it's not like you're going to suddenly have a possibility to succesfully launch a 51% attack the day a fusion reactor opens.