Comment Comment by SkyMarshal One of the holy grails in cryptocurrency research is figuring out a PoW alternative the provides similar security at reduced energy cost. A few other examples:1. Bram Cohen's Proof of Space & Time: https://youtu.be/aYG0NxoG7yw; https://cyber.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/bramcohen.pdf2. DFINITY VRF-based Threshold Relay: https://youtu.be/o8HHM18PedU (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verifiable_random_function)3. Algorand: https://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/papers/gilad-algorand-...These are some of the more interesting ones, but plenty of others. parent SkyMarshal 9 years ago
1. Bram Cohen's Proof of Space & Time: https://youtu.be/aYG0NxoG7yw; https://cyber.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/bramcohen.pdf
2. DFINITY VRF-based Threshold Relay: https://youtu.be/o8HHM18PedU (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verifiable_random_function)
3. Algorand: https://people.csail.mit.edu/nickolai/papers/gilad-algorand-...
These are some of the more interesting ones, but plenty of others.