http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/ Moving targets for a fast crowd. Sat, 16 May 2026 14:15:10 +0000 http://polimedia.us hourly 1 http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/#comment-150988 A fost sau n-a fost ? on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Thu, 21 May 2020 18:47:14 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=66394#comment-150988 [...] much the electricity bill comes to, "with all that gear" ; and then he predictably shudders at the very modest, three figure dollar monthly bill proposed). Well... what of it. Right ? The commie mind can spend [...] [...] much the electricity bill comes to, "with all that gear" ; and then he predictably shudders at the very modest, three figure dollar monthly bill proposed). Well... what of it. Right ? The commie mind can spend [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/#comment-146059 Bitcoin Recapitulation on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 13:42:43 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=66394#comment-146059 [...] Let's take a moment to put that 300 PetaBytes figure in context. The peak production of storage media in human history occured in year 2014, when roughly speaking 1.2 bn items were producedvii. This would then mean that the storage required to reflect the collection of labels describing the Bitcoin worldstate at one given moment represents about 0.0000025% of the total storage production during the one year to date humanity produced most storage media. Talk about a megawatt standard! [...] [...] Let's take a moment to put that 300 PetaBytes figure in context. The peak production of storage media in human history occured in year 2014, when roughly speaking 1.2 bn items were producedvii. This would then mean that the storage required to reflect the collection of labels describing the Bitcoin worldstate at one given moment represents about 0.0000025% of the total storage production during the one year to date humanity produced most storage media. Talk about a megawatt standard! [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/#comment-143118 Clockwise on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:04:27 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=66394#comment-143118 [...] in which case let some monkey do it. The ur example of this is Bitcoin, with its very strict energy profilev, but every bit of human activity worth the name works on exactly the same [...] [...] in which case let some monkey do it. The ur example of this is Bitcoin, with its very strict energy profilev, but every bit of human activity worth the name works on exactly the same [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/#comment-143108 The story of the bulb that was on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 10:03:55 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=66394#comment-143108 [...] fuck you, that's why. [↩] Category: Zsilnic Comments feed : RSS 2.0. Leave your own comment [...] [...] fuck you, that's why. [↩] Category: Zsilnic Comments feed : RSS 2.0. Leave your own comment [...]

]]> http://trilema.com/2016/the-megawatt-standard/#comment-142092 die neue SS on Trilema - A blog by Mircea Popescu. Wed, 08 Jan 2020 08:53:29 +0000 http://trilema.com/?p=66394#comment-142092 [...] little has changed. Today, the Schutzstaffel - aka SS - is exactly the same thing : a group of baddies that hurl. And if you get scared... you [...] [...] little has changed. Today, the Schutzstaffel - aka SS - is exactly the same thing : a group of baddies that hurl. And if you get scared... you [...]

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