But they are in competition because they both use energy as a costly signal. If 21e8 is successful someone will develop ASICs for their mining algorithm. The 21e8 CPU and GPU miners will then become irrelevant just like they did with Bitcoin
twetch#1927 6.5y
I think that BoostPoW and 21e8 aren't even in competition with each other. Boost can create PoW that's not really feasible on existing GPU/CPUs. 21e8 creates PoW that's not possible with existing ASICs. Basically just two sides of the same coin. @24 @9
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