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[–] Landmammals@lemmy.world 21 points 9 months ago (12 children)

It doesn't require that much computing power, that's just a variable that gets set.

If the difficulty were set lower, one average computer could easily handle it.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago (3 children)

Oh sweet. Let's just set the difficulty lower, then.

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago (1 children)

But then every jabrony would be able to make money.

[–] TootSweet@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

So, in other words, it does require that much computing power.

[–] xX_fnord_Xx@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

You too can learn this secret of the ages! You just need to be able pay for my one hour Webinar and Goon on camera for at least three!

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