Archive for 2017-07-13

Bitcoin: ASICBoost – Plausible or not?

So the first question: is ASICBoost use plausible in the real world? There are plenty of claims that it’s not: “Much conspiracy around #asicboost today. I don’t believe SegWit non-activation has anything to do with AsicBoost!” – Timo Hanke, one of the patent applicants, on twitter “Sam Cole, Guy Corem and Timo Hanke, ASIC developers […]