David Vorick on Fairness in ASIC Production & Proof-of-Work: A Deep Dive Discussion
0:00 - Intro
3:00 - How did you get into ASIC production?
4:09 - Why sell a "money printing" machine?
9:00 - Manufacturing problems, unfair play from Bitmain.
11:06 - Bitmain's product to market advantage.
13:37 - Proof-of-Work as a consensus mechanism & distribution.
18:08 - ASIC resistance vs ASIC acceptance.
23:51 - Can an algorithm even be ASIC resistant?
30:09 - Any differences in making the Decred ASIC vs Sia ASIC?
30:52 - Main Decred ASIC competitor at the time?
31:42 - Decred's move to higher PoS block reward, thoughts on PoS.
37:20 - Proof-of-Stake incentive alignment, Decred coin locking.
38:49 - Advice for communities regarding miner centralization.
41:04 - Outro
Listen in on this exclusive chat with @DavidVorick, the mastermind behind Obelisk ASICs for #Decred & #Siacoin, as we discuss his experiences in the ASIC production game and question its fairness.
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