Kuidas Starlink muudab Bitcoini kaevandamist ja parandab detsentraliseerimist

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Kuidas saab kaevandamise detsentraliseerimist stimuleerida

Over a year has elapsed since the great bitcoin mining migration began, when the network experienced a 60%-plus reduction in hash rate due to the Chinese Communist Party’s attack on bitcoin mining. The aftermath of China’s mining ban equated to the United States absorbing a greater part of the hash power that used to be located in mainland China. Hash rate recovered and reached all-time highs again. No questions arise regarding Bitcoin’s resilience here. However, one may ask how network and mining decentralization can be fostered to limit the impact of similar attacks on Bitcoin.

Interneti-juurdepääsu puudumine on kaugetes kohtades takistuseks

Kuigi kaevandamine on üle maailma levinud tegevus, tormavad kaevurid asukohtadesse peamiselt energiakulude tõttu. Nagu Nic Carter kirjeldas, energia on lokaalne nähtus. Highly concentrated energy production sites are typically located in remote areas; Quebec, Canada and Sichuan, China, are both great examples of this. Here, the installed hydro capacity exceeds the demand for electricity, and since energy is not an easily transportable commodity, producers with excess capacity find themselves wishing for alternative buyers or assuming wasted energy from their operations. In essence, this is why wasted energy is miners’ platonic love. Under the form of a jurisdiction-neutral bidder, bitcoin miners can be buyers of last resort to monetize stranded energy.

Ükskõik kui see teema mõjuvõimsalt ka ei tunduks, tähendab praktikas madalate kuludega ja energiarikaste saitide leidmine sageli seda, et tuleb teostada suuremahulisi kaevandusi ning kaugematest asukohtadest rääkides võib Interneti-ühendus olla teine ​​probleem. Mitme miljoni dollari suuruse kaevandusfarmi jaoks ei ole ettevõtte Interneti-satelliitteenusele juurdepääs eriline probleem, kuna nende tulude suurus muudaks sellised ühenduvuskulud nende kasumiaruannetes minimaalseks. Seevastu jätab see võrrandist välja tõenäosuse, et keskmine Joe elab luhtunud energiakohtade lähedal.

How Starlink Would Enable Remote Bitcoin Mining

Individuaalne seotus Internetti on jõudnud 60% maailma elanikkonnast. See tähendab, et praegu on Internetiga "ühenduseta" vähem kui 3 miljardit inimest, kusjuures suurem osa neist inimestest asub Lõuna- ja Ida-Aasias ning Aafrikas.

Inimeste ühenduvuse kvaliteedi ja usaldusväärsuse parandamine on samuti lahendamata probleem: sisestage Starlink. Starlinki eesmärk on SpaceX-i juhtimisel pakkuda kiiret ja madala latentsusega lairibainterneti kaugemates ja maapiirkondades üle kogu maailma. Kasutades ära SpaceXi rakettide ja kosmoselaevade ehitamise kogemusi, on nende missiooniks võtta kasutusele maailma kõige arenenum lairiba Interneti-süsteem.

The hardware costs to set up a Starlink access point are hovering around $600 in addition to $3,000 per month. Even though the expense can be considered elevated for the average person, envisioning how this can impact Bitcoin brings up interesting theories.

How Bitcoin Mining In Remote Locations Could Accelerate Hyperbitcoinization

Picturing miners subsidizing Starlink costs in rural areas in order to tap into stranded energy while enabling internet connectivity may not be that far away, considering we have a bitcoin miner kasvuhoonete toiteks Hollandis. If wasted heat generation is subsidized to grow produce and bloom flowers in one place, the same may become true for enabling internet-based services in unconnected areas in exchange for newly minted bitcoin.

Samuti võib huvi pakkuda, kuidas see võiks mängida rolli Interneti-teenuse pakkuja (ISP) võrgu tsentraliseerimise vähendamisel. Nagu teatas DARPA "Kas plokiahelad on detsentraliseeritud?" paper, “For at least the past five years, 60% of all Bitcoin traffic has traversed just three ISPs.” Moreover, “As of July 2021, about half of all public Bitcoin nodes were operating from IP addresses in German, French, and U.S. ASes, the top four of which are hosting providers (Hetzner, OVH, Digital Ocean and Amazon AWS).”

On the flip side, community-based approaches seem to be proliferating within the Bitcoin ecosystem to reduce centralization. With projects like Fedimint looking to accelerate custody decentralization and home-mining setups catching interest in recent years, one may ask:

“Is Starlink well on its way to become one of the enablers for last-mile bitcoin mining and network decentralization?”

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This is a guest post by El Sultan Bitcoin. Opinions expressed are entirely their own and do not necessarily reflect those of BTC Inc. or Bitcoin Magazine.