How we get here was itself problematic. How can a group of miners use a patented software on their hardware in an open source project while the other miners cannot?
Isn't this unfair to the other miners?
It's been discussed to death and the results of meaningful statistics largely ignored. This is again the reddit effect I'm afraid. Miners have never used the overt feature which leaves a trail and there is no evidence of them having used the covert feature though it theoretically could be possible to hide it well enough for it to not be spotted. Since I know the quality of code from bitmain, I can guarantee you they're not smart enough to be doing the latter. Additionally, and this is the one thing most people neglect, is that the profits from trying to build in use of the covert feature would be pitifully small compared to the overall profits of mining in the first place making using covert asicboost not worth the effort required to do so. An unfair advantage? Yes I agree it is inappropriate IF USED, which it isn't, and if it led to some massive profits, which it doesn't. The emphasis on it as though it's the
reason bitmain is blocking segwit is marketing in my opinion. This is coming from me, a segwit advocate, but I also happen to be informed about the mining world.
How can you ignore the fact that it is that patented software creates the miner monopoly. There isn't a single company other than bitmain which sells their products to home miners! Because Bitmain will crush them instantly with their ASICBOOST!
Those who produce miners for themselves are also melting away with every day! For ex. Bitfury.
This PoW algo is pure garbage and we need to get rid of it. I believe that, many believe that. You don't? Well you can.
Yes i read reddit a lot and i'm proud of it.
