PoW is a means not an end.
Value is an end.
Comparing the two is a category error.
Technically the proof of work is the end. It is the process, the coordinate and the object.
Proof of Work (nonce) = Block = Value. Same object.
The proof is the quantized causal boundary, which in Bitcoin is empirically the end of time.
No proof, no time. No time, no value.
Proof of Work (nonce) = Block = Value. Same object.
The proof is the quantized causal boundary, which in Bitcoin is empirically the end of time.
No proof, no time. No time, no value.
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