# Mining

`kaal:entity:mining`

**Status.** derived

This node is assembled mechanically from the 2 claims that carry the concept tag `mining`. It is a roster of what the corpus says under this term. It is **not** an adjudicated definition: no single statement here has been ruled canonical, and no first-appearance call has been made. Read the claims and judge for yourself.

## Every claim under this term

2 claims across 2 works, 2019 to 2022.

**2019**

- [3411897-024](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/3411897-024) [failure/argued] *(failure mode)* -- The data mining that produces scarcity in existing blockchains also slows creation, so high speed transactions cannot be achieved for the foreseeable future without a different consensus design.
  > Currently, the data mining required to provide scarcity also slows creation so that high speed transactions cannot be achieved for the foreseeable future.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Decentralization - Past, Present, and Future (2019). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3411897

**2022**

- [4015908-031](https://wulfkaal.github.io/claims/4015908-031) [empirical/evidenced] -- Grin avoided privileging miners who could develop ASICs before launch by gradually scaling up the portion of coins allocated to the ASIC-friendly algorithm over two years, which allowed hobbyist miners to participate.
  > However, Grin did not privilege miners who could develop ASICs prior to launch, rather they gradually scaled up the portion of coins allocated to the ASIC-friendly algorithm over 2 years, allowing hobbyist miners to participate.
  Wulf A. Kaal, Fair Token Launch (2022). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4015908

## Verify

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