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Comment · 1 year ago
feel free to make a pr to add a worker, currently not my first priority tho
Comment · 1 year ago
> a blue hat is typically associated with law enforcement in the US

what it's literally just the default emoji for cap

> lack of acknowledgement on your site (until now)

i've added a note

Comment · 1 year ago
btw no, cap does not contribute to any "fed botnet". you can build the WASM binaries yourself and compare the hashes. added a clarification about that to the docs.
Comment · 1 year ago
even at a huge scale the emissions are still extremely small.
Comment · 1 year ago
> Also users may be at a disadvantage as JS crypto would not be optimized for PoW (for example lack parallel crypto capabilities or context switching between calls).

JS crypto is only used as a fallback, Rust WASM is used for solving.

Comment · 1 year ago
added a note saying that to the docs, should hopefully clarify stuff a bit!
Comment · 1 year ago
Yes, the code is open-source for you to check
Comment · 1 year ago
Cap does not send any of the calculated hashes ANYWHERE, the white paper just details a bit how proof-of-work works and I thought that it would be interesting to share.
Comment · 1 year ago
you can compare the hashes of the wasm lmao the build script is very much public
Comment · 1 year ago
> how much more CO2 this is going to produce extremely minimal emissions, you're only solving a small cryptographic challenge after all.
Comment · 1 year ago

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