Oddbean new post about login | logout nostr:nprofile1qqs07f7srjc72ma4skqrqmrm5a4mqdalyyw9k4eu2mjwwr9gtp644uqd4h7h8 do you remember what was on the corners of the unsolvable triangle? Perhaps we can only get all three corners under the assumption that users only care about content that is within their web of trust...
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Thanks for sharing this. I need to re-read it more carefully, but my gut feeling says that proof of work can be used to distribute any scarce resource in a decentralized manner - namespace, address space, blockspace etc.. I've been thinking of using a combination of Bitcoin payment and barter (useful hashrate) for distributing IP addresses...