If POW tokens do become useful, and especially if they become money,
machines will no longer sit idle. Users will expect their computers to
be earning them money (assuming the reward is greater than the cost to
operate).
Computers are already designed to consume much less electricity when
At 2:49 AM -0500 1/26/09, Ivan Krstiç wrote:
There are still conflicting reports about whether the hardware is an altered
RIM BlackBerry or a different device, though the most likely contender for the
latter option appears to be the General Dynamics Sectéra Edge, which features
a trusted
Can't we just convert actual money in a bank account into bitbux --
cheaply and without a carbon tax? Please?
If only. People have been saying for at least a decade that all we
have to do to solve the spam problem is to charge a small fee for
every message sent. Unfortunately, there's a
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:49:31AM -0500, Ivan Krsti? wrote:
Finally, any idea why the Sect?ra is certified up to Top Secret for
voice but only up to Secret for e-mail? (That is, what are the differing
requirements?)
I know no specific details but strongly suspect the difference in
On Jan 26, 2009, at 2:49 AM, Ivan Krstić wrote:
[A]ny idea why the Sectéra is certified up to Top Secret for voice
but only up to Secret for e-mail? (That is, what are the differing
requirements?)
I have no information, but a guess: Phone conversation encryption, at
all levels, has been