Solar energy efficiency advances and proof-of-work. Factoring in capital costs of/ access to solar panels & mining equipment, access to internet, opportunity cost for excess energy and storage capacity. Energy scarcity is a fundamental issue. Sudoku as a proof-of-work algorithm. Bitcoin mining in space.
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0:00 Would proof-of-work still work, with marginal costs at zero?
1:55 We need someone as brilliant as Satoshi Nakamoto to come up with a new proof-of-work algorithm. I would suggest Sudoku
2:49 Mining in space
This talk took place on September 13th 2016 at the Silicon Valley Bitcoin Meetup in Sunnyvale, California:
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