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created poll 20d
Was Photons a fair launch?
Yes 4 votes · 0 satoshis
No 1 votes · 0 satoshis

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replied 20d
I voted no because while the dev released a javascript miner for everyone they clearly had a closed source version ready to mine on with very little notice given.
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replied 9d
Someone vibe coded a GPU miner after launch. They then coded a WebGPU miner for everyone else. The source for both has been shared on BCR and telegram.
replied 9d
It's sketch. I get improving Secp256k1 but you hide it in some obscure comment while promoting the cpu miner and then dumping: https://topics.cash/thread/cmsofp0j70ilhjgj8hegcx5oa
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replied 8d
Anyone is free to write (or vibe code) a CPU/GPU/FPGA miner at any time.

It's free to lie and call it an insta-mine too.
replied 8d
Instamining effectively makes it excessively easy to produce coins... often leading to an unfair or uneven distribution of coins concentrated among developers or founders of a project.
replied 8d