Path: csiph.com!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder3.hal-mli.net!newsfeed.hal-mli.net!feeder1.hal-mli.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!news.stack.nl!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Rod Pemberton" Newsgroups: comp.lang.forth Subject: Re: Green Array energy consumption: a reality check. Date: Sun, 19 Jan 2014 17:50:18 -0500 Organization: Aioe.org NNTP Server Lines: 13 Message-ID: References: <52d2b239$0$25047$e4fe514c@dreader37.news.xs4all.nl> <52d3dce6$0$25062$e4fe514c@dreader37.news.xs4all.nl> <52dc29b2$0$24920$e4fe514c@dreader36.news.xs4all.nl> NNTP-Posting-Host: CNsg4fVcCsvs3UaOgZtQCw.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: Opera Mail/12.16 (Linux) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.forth:27962 On Sun, 19 Jan 2014 16:40:07 -0500, wrote: > On Sunday, January 19, 2014 8:38:26 PM UTC+1, Albert van der Horst wrote: >> In article , >> wrote: > Well actually, as you alluded in your first post, it's not so much a > matter of speed as of energy consumption. Bitcoins are first come. I.e., whomever solves a "proof of work" problem first, gets the coins for it. So, I'd say speed is very important... Rod Pemberton