[Cryptography] A new, more efficient consensus protocol

[Greg]

Hi Vincent,

> On Jan 14, 2021, at 6:55 AM, Vincent Strom via cryptography <cryptography at metzdowd.com> wrote:
> 
> Dear all,
> 
> In case the link in my previous post is not working, the paper is also available at proofofluck.org/paper.pdf <http://proofofluck.org/paper.pdf>. I'd really appreciate if you could take a look and let me know what you think.

Section 2 is rather difficult for me to understand. Could you explain in simpler language what prevents someone from mining away using faster hardware to increase their odds of winning? How is this different from PoW?

Thanks,
Greg

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