>>60851335
>I wonder who contributes to the fund the most
>some user just buying stuff on the darknet and donating a bit.
Judging by the average size of donations, its primarily pleb enthusiasts with an occasional heavy hitter.
https://x.com/WatchFund
>>60852933
>With SHA256 ASICs, nearly 100% of the supply is used to mine Bitcoin, owned by miners who paid for them. If the Bitcoin network goes down those ASICs become worthless. So to attack the Bitcoin network you have to convince 51% of miners that making their entire hardware investment worthless is worth it, in addition to the electricity costs.
We've already been over this. The issue with ASICs is that you can't build them yourself with off-the-shelf parts so they gotta be imported from Asia, which makes them subject to prohibition. Not to mention that industrial mining farms are forever just one court order away from having their internet and electricity cut off. A 51% nation-state attack on BTC thus isn't necessary since a logistical attack is easier and costs essentially $0.00.
Can you seriously imagine a scenario where seething governments finally declare total war on XMR for its complicity in muh terrorism/muh CP/muh narco trade/muh tax evasion while allowing you continued access to specialized mining ASICs? Or XMR mining farms being left alone? Of course not.
At-home mining through Tor/I2P on general-purpose hardware is about as permissionless and anonymous as PoW gets. Very on-brand for Monero.
