Tag: casper

News: Bitmain IPO, Bitcoin and Tether, Terpin v. AT&T, NVidia hates crypto, Vietman blocks mining rigs, Playboy v. GBT, Ethereum Ponzis, Bitcoin bail, Maersk v. shipping industry

- by David Gerard - 2 Comments.

Bitcoin explained: “imagine if keeping your car idling 24/7 produced solved Sudokus you could trade for heroin.”

Bitcoin’s stupendous power waste is green, apparently — bad excuses for Proof-of-Work

- by David Gerard - 16 Comments.

Did you know that Bitcoin using 0.1% of all the electricity on earth, and 0.5% by the end of the year, is actually good? Huge if true.

Ethereum Casper proof-of-stake only has to work well enough: Worse is Better in action

- by David Gerard - 3 Comments.

Casper is the new “proof-of-stake” system for Ethereum. It doesn’t have to work well enough for the ideologues — it just has to work well enough for the market.