Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.space/@voxel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>voxel</span></a></span> like all <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/PoW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PoW</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a>, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Monero" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Monero</span></a> too does <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/WastefulComputing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WastefulComputing</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Unlike many others it automatically adapts <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Difficulty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Difficulty</span></a> based off total <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/hashrate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hashrate</span></a> as it enshures a constant block reward of 0,6 XMR + Tx Fees per block at a constant block time of 2mins per block.</li></ul><p>That being said Monero was explicitly designed to not be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASIC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASIC</span></a>-able in a cost-efficient manner and be <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/GPU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GPU</span></a>-unfriendly, so it's more <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/decentralized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>decentralized</span></a> and doesn't cause harm by demanding custom hardware that can't be repurposed that causes 100% avoidable <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/eWaste" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>eWaste</span></a>!</p><ul><li>IOW: I's the <em>'least worst'</em> option given it's PoW doesn't incentive or reward capital holders (beyond the ability to host and have power to mine)…</li></ul>