bitmain and asicboost/segwit

[franky1]

quoting vays..(facepalm)
the guy that announced he doesnt program and doesnt even hold much bitcoin
try someone better next time


asics have been around longer than segwit, even longer than Luke JR announcing to use the anyonecanspend opcode exploit to go soft...

if segwit runs into a hurdle in feb 2017 you cant blame hardware made in 2015.. the UN-ACTIVATED segwit software thats just been created obviously didnt take hardware efficiencies into account..

(unless asic manufacturers had a time machine to go back to make an exploit before segwit was coded purely to screw with segwit 2 years later)

the truth is that gmaxwell only found a segwit issue last month.. and realised segwit cant function if efficient asics are running. but...
instead of admitting segwit had an issue and the only remedy is a user node consensus update(HF) to not need 2 merkles.. instead he wants to call asics the exploit..(facepalm)

makes me laugh

come on laugh with me
how can a hardware manufacturer make an intentional exploit attack in 2015 for software only released late 2016.

much simpler answer is gmaxwell only found a segwit flaw last month and is now pointing fingers

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Holy crap I never even thought of it but ya. That's a huge reason for them never to support segwit!! Is this true though? How would you know if asics would be useless with segwit?

Are you even listening? Current miners will hash exactly the same way they always have. If bitmain are doing something secretive with their special sauce then segwit will block it and make them only usable in the same way the rest of the public is using them.

[vapourminer]

thanks for the explanations, i wasnt sure how asicboost was/is/could be implemented, and if it would suddenly doorstop a bunch of hardware. sounds like bitmain stuff will work either way, just with a 20% boost with proper firmware.

[iamnotback]

just done some quick maths



hmm
looks like BTCC and F2pool are the ones making more blocks than their hash %
not the other way round

Nonsense.

The hashrate measured would include the performance boost of the hashrate via AsicBoost.

There is no way to measure whether covert AsicBoost is being used or not. It is indeed 100% covert.