Person or Group, you can be sure they are aware of project evolution and monitor key BTC metrics.
Would be great to hear;
*his views on POW progression and any potential modifications.
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*key Energy producers and their integration of POW mining farms (at/nr. source).
There are some posts speaking to points along those lines:
... Another way they can become more practical is if I implement client-only mode and the number of network nodes consolidates into a smaller number of professional server farms. ...
At first, most users would run network nodes, but as the network grows beyond a certain point, it would be left more and more to specialists with server farms of specialized hardware.
http://www.mail-archive.com/cryptography%40metzdowd.com/msg09964.html*whether he is targeting a specific political agenda ("killer application" once BTC has reached a critical mass? (I like to believe this to be true, in that it will be his ultimate gift to the world)
Some hints about political views too:
It's very attractive to the libertarian viewpoint if we can explain it properly. I'm better with code than with words though.
http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-November/014853.htmlYes, but we can win a major battle in the arms race and gain a new territory of freedom for several years.
http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2008-November/014823.htmlIf you had 5 minutes with the man, what would you ask him?
The only thing pertaining to bitcoin that I think would be genuinely interesting to ask him would be if he'd consider spending his coins, in a single transaction, to an unspendable output.