$XRB: Some in our community have expressed concern over the newly available Blake2b ASICs. I reviewed how PoW is generated for Siacoin and want to assure everyone that it is not a threat vector when it comes to transaction spam. Sia PoW is incompatible with RaiBlocks.
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The process we use to obtain PoW is totally different in arrangement, data size, digest width, and iteration method than a standard PoW coin. Blake2b may be the common algorithm, but these ASICs would not work for
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Replying to @IcarusGlider
I have no idea what any of this means Mica, but it sounds like you're on top of everything so keep up the great work. I'm rooting for
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Replying to @LeeDiddy
Essentially the concern was folks could use one or several of the new ASIC miners to speed up sending transactions on our network and spam everyone. Not the case.
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How would this be avoided or neutralized if it was compatible?
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