Prime numbers are searched for doing the PoW. The blockchain essentially contains a data base with prime numbers.
As far as I can tell Primecoin never was popular,.but I like the novel approach of doing things, when most cryptocurrencies of that time were lame copies.
Btw. the Primecoin creator made Peercoin, which was afaik the first (and apparently still running) network being secured by Proof-of-Stake.
Thanks for the info. Surely, crypto should be the most fertile space for world-changing innovation we have right now but it is being stifled by the very same moneyed interests that spread disinformation like the article that started this thread.
Prime numbers are searched for doing the PoW. The blockchain essentially contains a data base with prime numbers. As far as I can tell Primecoin never was popular,.but I like the novel approach of doing things, when most cryptocurrencies of that time were lame copies.
Btw. the Primecoin creator made Peercoin, which was afaik the first (and apparently still running) network being secured by Proof-of-Stake.
Thanks for the info. Surely, crypto should be the most fertile space for world-changing innovation we have right now but it is being stifled by the very same moneyed interests that spread disinformation like the article that started this thread.