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For example, when Bitcoin implemented SegWit, it was roughly equivalent to increasing their blocksize from 1 MB to an estimated 1.8 MB.\n\n![Bitcoin Private](https://i.imgur.com/MzlT6Kk.png)\n\nSegWit also fixes something called **transaction malleability**, which is a \"flaw\" in Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that allows the transaction ID of a transaction to change after it has been broadcast to the network, but before it has been mined into the blockchain.  This is helpful for enabling the Lightning Network as explained in the last section.\n\n---\n\n### What is the Lightning Network and how does it work?\n\nThe **Lightning Network** creates a layer on _top_ of a cryptocurrency (Layer 2 solution) like Bitcoin Private, enabling fast and cheap transactions that do not need to be immediately  settled on that network's blockchain.  First, two parties who wish to transact with each other set up a multi-signature wallet (which requires multiple signatures to initiate a transaction). The two parties transact using a internal balance sheet within that multi-signature wallet, meaning that every transaction does not need to be confirmed by the blockchain.  When the two parties complete their transactions with each other, they close out their channel, and the resulting balance sheet is registered on the blockchain and posted to the network. While this example is specifically for two parties, this concept can be extended to include as many parties as are needed by sending payments to someone via channels that already exist between other parties.\n \n---\n\n![Bitcoin Lightning Network](https://cryptocurrencynews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2018/04/Bitcoin-wallet-lightning-network-678x381.png)\n\n\n### How does SegWit enable the Lightning Network?\n\nThe benefits of separating \"witness data\" from the rest of a Bitcoin Private transaction's data are not limited to only increasing on-chain throughput. While Lightning Network is technically possible without implementing SegWit, it would not be _foolproof_. Remember that the Lightning Network works by creating a double-signed transaction. This is analogous to having a banking check that requires both parties to sign in order for the check to be valid. The check specifies how much is being sent from one party to another. To start the Lightning Network channel, this dual-signed check must be funded with cryptocurrency. \n\nTo make sure this dual-signed check isn’t held captive by an uncooperative partner, the check is signed by both parties _before_ the funding transaction is sent out to the network. For the payment channel to work, we need the funding transaction to not be broadcast until _after_ the check is signed by both parties. Because the check refers to the funding transaction’s ID, if the funding transaction’s ID is changed, the double-signed check will become invalid. 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So for instance, the [Antminer X3](https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=000201804081309219282DCC12mh062E) is an ASIC miner by Bitmain set to repeatedly compute the Cryptonight algorithm to mine coins such as Electroneum and Monero (incompatible since hard fork). \n\n![antminer-x3-cryptonight-mining-asic-500x500.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmbQPZ1PgJ8eVLKW2iYjQGA5JwNowt1GjGf1A7dYpJwgCy/antminer-x3-cryptonight-mining-asic-500x500.jpg)\n\nTraditional ASIC's are **orders of magnitude** more efficient than traditional GPU's at computing a specific algorithm but sacrifice versatility, as they cannot be used for any other task than the one they were designed to. \n\n---\n\n**Why do people argue that ASIC's are \"bad\"?**\n\nThe primary argument against ASIC's is based around the fact that ASIC's in their current state cause **centralization**. ASIC's are not inherently centralized, and they are not inherently \"bad\". However, with the current state of the ASIC-manufacturing market, one company, \"Bitmain\" controls the vast majority of ASIC's being built and is able to keep ASIC designs secret (or release only older models to the public) to prevent the general public from being as profitable as Bitmain. \n\n![bitmain_5-e1502983338165.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmZGDcW1fNZ3Qs1t1GarwnVG67gHuGayRnXMLmJGmLkJSp/bitmain_5-e1502983338165.jpg)\n\nCentralization of mining hardware doesn't just allow an \"unfair\" profit models for miners, it puts the network these machines support at risk. [The infamous 51% attack,](https://learncryptography.com/cryptocurrency/51-attack) is an attack where one entity or a cartel of entities coordinate at least 51% of a network's hashrate in order to falsify transactions. ([We recently saw such an attack on Electroneum](https://www.reddit.com/r/Electroneum/comments/88wbkv/electroneum_is_probably_under_a_51_attack_right/)) In a decentralized, trustless system, this is one of the key points of potential failure in the network.\n\n---\n\n**What does it mean to be ASIC-Resistant?**\n\nIn the case of Bitcoin Private, we and many other cryptocurrencies use a mining algorithm called \"Equihash\", a memory-intensive algorithm that makes efficient ASIC's much more difficult to make than ASIC's that compute a traditional non-memory-intensive algorithm, such as Scrypt (Litecoin) or SHA-256 (Bitcoin). However, Bitmain was able to produce an ASIC machine for the Ethash algorithm recently (Ethereum's PoW algorithm), so an Equihash ASIC could theoretically be possible. However, while a traditional ASIC is an order-of-magnitude more efficient than a GPU/CPU, the recently released [Bitmain E3](https://shop.bitmain.com/product/detail?pid=00020180403174908564M8dMJKtz06B7&utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=e3-announcement) is not as much of a step up from using GPU-rigs to mine Ethereum. The same would most likely be true if an Equihash ASIC were released.\n \n![Bitmain-E3.jpg](https://steemitimages.com/DQmQN2mVa1d83R12jYWLQshUTE3Y4A2p62nqzJUpcqKnjHR/Bitmain-E3.jpg)\n\n---\n\n**Is being ASIC-Resistant the correct avenue?**\n\n[Some argue that ASIC's are inevitable from a physics perspective and that machines dedicated to a specific task will always naturally emerge.](https://download.wpsoftware.net/bitcoin/asic-faq.pdf) Some argue that all ASIC-resistance does is increase the startup capital required and therefore increase centralization of manufacturing. While Bitmain may be centralized as they essentially have a monopoly on ASIC's, the same could potentially be said for the manufacturing of GPU's with NVIDIA and AMD and the manufacturing of CPU's by Intel/AMD.\n\n![AMD.Nvidia.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmVeR3C3MqSFqfVuH4Mdk5ghkZdvSMCvR7FjxR3fRyMuM6/AMD.Nvidia.png)\n\n---\n\n### **Questions to think about**\n\n- Are ASIC's inherently \"bad?\" Should they be avoided at all cost?\n\n- If yes to the fact that ASIC's are \"bad\", how can they be avoided? Is hard-forking to brick ASIC's every few months like Monero the answer? Is using the Equihash algorithm sufficient to stop ASIC's?\n\n- When will ASIC's be more widely available or not manufactured by a single large entity?\n\n- What would your ideal Proof-Of-Work ecosystem look like?\n\n- Do ASIC's for Equihash already exist privately? \n\n---\n\nWith that, the post is concluded! I encourage you guys to respond with your own thoughts on the topic and whether it is important to you whether a cryptocurrency is ASIC-Resistant! Feel free to answer the questions listed above! \n\nI would also love feedback on whether people enjoy this kind of stuff, find it useful, or if the formatting is readable!",
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