"Where is the end consumer and what are they purchasing? The payouts now can be afforded because of the money that has been invested in steem power which is locked up and can only slowly trickle out"

you say "voting doesn't cost anything" but I believe there are limits on how many times you can vote and post and voting power is diminished the more often you extend it

I have often thought this myself. Hillary is not that popular. I don't think she could win in a "normal" election. Trump might be the only person who's so skrewed up that people feel like they

Commenting is a lot easier than trying to think of something original and valuable to write, a lot easier to give an opinion on someone else's idea or add a little piece of information or correction. Comments

did it work?

For the last 3 hours I've been getting ETA 1500 minutes at 24,000hps. Pretty normal. That's what I was getting a few days ago before the SuperComputing antics.

Mormons...

agreed

Congrats, I wish I had your stamina.

he is a good writer and has a knack for reaching this audience. He makes it look easy. Your points are valid but you have to give him credit for mastering this so quickly.

I think there's some controversy whether or not D-wave is legit quantum computer but I would agree we are on the verge of quantum computers becoming a reality. Maybe 2-3 years away. Will make RSA type

Yup, I just got a POW in about 30 min on my normal not supercomputer PC. Back in business. Full steem ahead...

By completely dominating he is discouraging the rest of us from even trying. Why would you waste your electricity when you know it's hopeless. As miners give up and new miners are dissuade his dominance

Each node is finding a POW in 2-3 hours. You can't do that with PC using the standard miner.

A government backed cryptocurrency?

If this is true, I hope someone releases a public version. Otherwise, a small group of people will have a complete monopoly on mining, which will not be healthy for the steem economy.