Satoshi's Secret Weapon and ASIC Resistance

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In this video, I discuss Satoshi's approach to Bitcoin network security, and how he was not averse to using more powerful hashing hardware to defend the network.

Trying to make your crypto ASIC-resistant is like mandating that you can only bring a knife to a gun fight. There's nothing virtuous or commendable about it.

Satoshi understood that a hash arms race would unfold. He was correct, and now Bitcoin has passed the "ASIC event horizon" unlike any other crypto.

If Monero ever actually became valuable like Bitcoin, companies would develop ASICs for it.

There's no way to stop people from building highly specialized hardware to mine your crypto. You can keep changing the hashing algorithm, but if it makes economic sense, large companies will develop ASICs to mine it.

This creates massive centralization and benefits large incumbents with billions of dollars to spend on R&D.

Bitcoin has fortunately passed the ASIC event horizon. Bitcoin ASICs are no longer made by a single company like Bitmain. Bitcoin ASICs are becoming commodified, and there's no other crypto asset that has made this transition.

Not investment advice! Consult a financial advisor.

Bitcoin Controlled By Two Mining Pools?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPqyusHH850&ab_channel=TraderUniversity

SHA-256 hash calculator:
https://xorbin.com/tools/sha256-hash-calculator

Was Satoshi against GPUs?
https://twitter.com/modestdaytrader/status/1603108603937886218

Satoshi knew that a hash arms race was coming:
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=12.msg54#msg54

And he was prepared to use GPUs to defend the network:
https://news.bityard.com/satoshi-invented-gpu-mining-to-defend-the-network-says-early-dev/

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