AilliA on Nostr: 6 years ago today, #RandomX went live on #Monero mainnet. Still no ASICs in sight... ...
6 years ago today, #RandomX went live on #Monero mainnet.
Still no ASICs in sight...
Anyone with a modern laptop can still mine real private money. Hashrate followed CPU evolution and remained decentralized.
Quietly one of the most successful experiments in cryptocurrency history.
https://github.com/tevador/RandomX 
Published at
2025-11-30 14:32:36 UTCEvent JSON
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