What is Chia cryptocurrency – and why is it bad news for hard drives?

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  • There already exists a cryptocurrency that is both environmentally friendly, fast and fee-less - Nano [0]. It uses something called directed acyclic graph (DAG) and while it does require proof of work it’s only for sending transactions to prevent spam, not for mining. It was created a few years ago but only recently it starts to get more traction. I used it a couple of times and it worked great.

    [0] https://nano.org/

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    An encrypted IPv6 network using public-key cryptography for address allocation and a distributed hash table for routing.

  • > To be honest I kind of wish someone would build a proof-of-bandwidth crypto.

    https://pkt.cash/ exists "built to incentivize the growth of infrastructure," and "PKT Network is designed to decentralize internet access around the world by enabling anyone to become an ISP." [0]

    Presumably this will work with cjdns. https://github.com/cjdelisle/cjdns

    [0]: https://pkt.cash/PKT_Network_v1.0_2021.02.01.pdf

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