>Segwit will disable ASICBOOST Incorrect. It would make 'stealth' ASICBoost mini... | Hacker News

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		RandVal30142 on July 13, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin – Potential Network Disruption on July 31s... >Segwit will disable ASICBOOST Incorrect. It would make 'stealth' ASICBoost mining improbable but still possible overall. > Therefore, BitMain has been launching FUD campaigns. Substantiate your claim. > proven to be due to spam Show it. Just show it already. Its a transparent blockchain but no one can show this spam, identify how it is malicious, show where it is coming from. Show the spam already. Like ASICBoost its an invisible horror used to terrorize people into supporting your narrative. This is not very nice.

oh_sigh on July 13, 2017 [–]

Btc noob: What's wrong with asicboost? Is it just because it's patented?

rothbardrand on July 17, 2017 | [–]

It's an exploit that gives a miner a way to boost profits, but in order to do so, they have to mine empty blocks, which is bad for bitcoin because the purpose of miners is to build blocks with transactions in them.

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