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(haven't read the article yet, keep getting 504s)

Regarding feasibility & cost, what do you think of the old '"Proof-of-Work" Proves Not to Work' paper? [1] From what I remember, the time to hash adequately would be too long to be of practical use/benefit.

[1] http://www.hashcash.org/papers/proof-work.pdf



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