Riecoin: A Cryptocurrency With a Scientific Proof of Work 156
An anonymous reader writes "Enter decentralized, open source mining with the first scientific proof of work. Riecoin is a decentralized (p2p), open source digital currency. Proof of work is about finding Hardy-Littlewood k-tuples. Ultimately miners are verifying the Riemann hypothesis. Unlike for Primecoin the probability of accepting a false positive goes to zero as the network grows. Primecoin uses Fermat Test which runs the risk of accepting so called Carmichael numbers. Riecoin uses a stronger test to ensure correctness."
Re:How much are they worth? (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Fools (Score:5, Funny)
The inability to intelligently regulate the value of the currency in accordance with the economic needs of the society is a bug, not a feature.
Mod parent up, please! It's a good thing that government issued currencies are intelligently regula....oh wait...
Re:How much are they worth? (Score:2, Funny)
You should talk to a psychologist.
Re:Time for an ecologically sound cryptocurrency (Score:5, Funny)
Ah, Slashdot at its best: comments by people who haven't even read TFS.