@cobordism @hyc @voxel It's called #mathematics, because #ASIC|s are simply manufactured #eWaste by virtue of being non-reuseable nor upcycle-able.

• A #CPU or #GPU can at least be #reused for different tasks and even #upcycled to be used in #consumer chassis with an adequate cooling system.

Your reply indicates that you ain't aware of fundamentals like what an ASIC is, that producing ICs is inherently bad for the envoirment and that these are just bad per concept, thus you've disqualified yourself with the saneist reply from any discussion.

• I'll give you a timeout of a few days. Feel free to sincerely apologize after that...

@cobordism @hyc @voxel IMHO the only thing that moving #Ethereum from #PoW to #PoS achieved is raising the wall to make it harder, more expensive amd less attractive for #SmallInvestors to fiddle with it.

• #NotFinancialAdvice but I would've always disrecommended that espechally after #Buterin et. al. decided to #Backroll due to them and others having been #HornyForMoney and wanting to pull funds from #TheDAO.

Demondtrably, #EthereumClassic would at least be more trustworthy, alas that's an Opinion based off 'vibes'…

• Whether the PoS transition did save energy is debateable since #Ethereum uses #ASIC|s which makes it way more polluting due to these being useless for anything else. #Scalpers are shit but at the very least a #CPU or #GPU can be reused elsewhere…

@hyc @voxel also #PoS inherently rewards rich users and concentrates power even more than the nature of #PoW would, as running a #Monero #node or #miner doesn't require expensive custom #ASIC|s that are going to become manufactured #eWaste down the line and can't be repurposed for anything but being the noisiest and most expesive space heaters!

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/114638656071829798

• Or to put it into perspective: PoS implementations like #Ethereum only rewarded already abdurdly rich capital holders and wiped everyone else out due to every PoS mechanism demanding a minimum of staked coins AND even if it didn't all of them inherently reward staking more with a higher "rent" / "reward"!

Case in point: There are only ugly and filthy solutions to that problem and Monero chose the "least worst" they could: Shure it still has problems but those are at least fully known, understood and working as in 'communities can outnumber single rich entities'...

@voxel like all #PoW #Cryptocurrency, #Monero too does #WastefulComputing.

• Unlike many others it automatically adapts #Difficulty based off total #hashrate as it enshures a constant block reward of 0,6 XMR + Tx Fees per block at a constant block time of 2mins per block.

That being said Monero was explicitly designed to not be #ASIC-able in a cost-efficient manner and be #GPU-unfriendly, so it's more #decentralized and doesn't cause harm by demanding custom hardware that can't be repurposed that causes 100% avoidable #eWaste!

• IOW: I's the 'least worst' option given it's PoW doesn't incentive or reward capital holders (beyond the ability to host and have power to mine)…

@serpentroots IMHO, all this "#AI" #slop should be outlawed for all the right reasons.

• Even if we didn't care that #WastefulComputing for it and even #Bitcoin-like #ASIC|s for it [aka. #NPU|s] are being built, the Power Consumption is just bad!

• Just like running a car engine for no good reason within city limits is banned in #Germany for #AirPollution reasons alone, so should generating shitty #AIslop for #pollution of the #Internet and being #waste of #energy, and computing resources from #compute to #storage and #traffic!

https://hachyderm.io/@serpentroots/114560654958919310

“The #Coalition’s spokesman for #MigrantServices has declared his family’s financial interests in a #MigrationAgency that helps people stay in #Australia and overturn their #VisaRefusals as his party wages an election fight over #immigration.

Opposition frontbencher #JasonWood’s wife, #JudyCheungWood, is the half-owner and co-director of #Melbourne-based firm #FerntreeMigration, according to his register of interests and #ASIC files. The company’s social media promotes cases where it has found a path through tight #VisaRules, while its website touts it as an expert advocate in the appeals tribunal.”

When the Opposition leader touts cuts to public service, this is where business opportunities for corruption flourish.

#AusPol <https://theage.com.au/politics/federal/opposition-shadow-migrant-services-minister-declares-family-interests-in-migration-firm-20250331-p5lntf.html>

@calisti @pluto @jak2k @alexis_roussel also it ridicules #ASIC use as well it's #centralization!

• There are less people in control of #Bitcoin's Hashrate than there are people in control of #PrintingPresses and equipment for #Euro banknotes.

https://infosec.space/@kkarhan/113714488539698087

@duco @alexis_roussel what makes #Bitcoin the real #shitcoin (along with basically everything that isn't #Monero) is that it's not only #PoW (#ProofOfWork) but also basically #ASIC-based, so that means literal metric tons of #eWaste get created every year producing those.

• And since ASICs ain't like #CPU|s, #GPU|s & #FPGA|s, one can't even #reuse & #upcycle them for different workloads (like #Rendering and general-purpose #Compute) as they are absolutely inflexible in their use-case.

@dw_innovation and that's also added by #AntiRepairDesign by all the #GAFAMs that do imacceptable stuff like #SolderedDownStorage, #SolderedDownRAM, #GluedInBatteries and #RivetedKeyboards that have no reason to exist except fleecing customers by overcharging them for more #Szorage & #RAM as well as enshuring #Repairability is twarted below cost-effective.

• #RightToRepair must not only be enacted as a hard #law with severe penalties and wide-ranging demands for companies, but also must #AntiRepair-#Design be outlawed.

And don't even get me started on #MamfacturedEwaste like #AI #Chips and #ASIC|s for #Shitcoins like #Bitcoin which are inherently #unsustainable and unlike #CPU|s, #GPU|s and other #UsedHardware not really #refurbishable and #recycle-able or even #upcycle-able beyond being "the most complex, noisy and inefficient space heaters possible"...

• Whereas a old #PC or #Laptop or even #Tablet can be somewhat repurposed to do something, even if it's just as #DIY #HomeLab #IT or as #GiveAway to those that need one but can't afford even a commercially #refurbished unit.

@geld deshalb peddeln die auch nur #Shitcoins die irgendwelche #CryptoBros pumpen, und nicht #Monero, weil jene Leute an #Bullshit woe #Ehtereum und #SmartContracts auf deren Basis verdienen...

Wenn es denen wirklich um #Privatsphäre ginge würden die #Monero nutzen, aber das ist bewusst gegen #Zentralisierung mittels #ASIC-Minern ausgelegt...