diff --git a/NonTechDoc/ethhardfork.md b/NonTechDoc/ethhardfork.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..cab2532 --- /dev/null +++ b/NonTechDoc/ethhardfork.md @@ -0,0 +1,65 @@ + + +>文章来自:https://cointelegraph.com/news/ethereum-community-considers-hard-fork-to-fight-asic-miners +> +>译者:区块链中文字幕组 Chuan +> +>时间:2018-04-13 + + +### Ethereum Community Considers Hard Fork To Fight ASIC Miners + +### 以太坊考虑硬分叉来对抗ASIC矿机 + + + +Ethereum developer Piper Merriam opened Ethereum Improvement Proposal (EIP) #958 on Github on March 30, presenting the idea of a possible hard fork in the Ethereum (ETH) protocol to invalidate ETH ASICs. + +以太坊开发者 Piper Merriam 于3月30号在Github上发布了 "编号为958的以太坊改进提议“,提出可能对以太坊协议进行硬分叉来对抗以太坊 ASIC矿机。 + +Vlad Zamfir, another developer with the Ethereum Foundation, posed the same question on Twitter March 29. 57 percent of respondents voted yes. + +3月29号,Ethereum 基金会的另一位开发者 Vlad Zamfir 在推特上提出了同样的问题。参与者中57%同意进行硬分叉。 + +Both developers’ polls emerge amid rumors that the China-based ASIC manufacturer Bitmain is on the brink of shipping its first Ethash compatible ASIC miners. Ethash is the Proof-of-Work(PoW) hashing algorithm used by Ethereum and a variety of other altcoins. + +两位开发者进行这一调查来自于一些传闻:位于中国的ASIC矿机生产商比特大陆现在正准备它们第一代兼容ASIC矿机的Ethash上市。Ethash是一种工作量证明哈希算法,这种算法被Ethereum和各种山寨币使用。 + +Buterin’s Ethereum White Paper suggests the protocol already has a twofold resistance to mining centralization. + +Buterin的以太坊白皮书指出,以太坊协议已经对挖矿中心化拥有双重的抵抗。 + +First, the algorithm requires miners to return the hash for data that has been “randomly selected” from transactions in the preceding block. Since “Ethereum contracts can include any kind of computation,” “an Ethereum ASIC would essentially be an ASIC for general computation - ie. a better CPU.” + +第一,这个算法要求矿工返回来自上一个块中的所有被随机选择的交易数据的哈希值。由于以太坊合约能够包含任何一种计算,所以“以太坊 ASIC 矿机基本上就是可以进行通用计算的ASIC矿机,也就是说更好一点的CPU就可以挖矿。” + +The second means of defence is to “poison the well,” which Vitalik characterises as “ultimately an adaptive human solution rather than a technical one.” If a certain type of computation becomes prevalent, then conventional miners can introduce “a large number of contracts into the Blockchain specifically designed to stymie certain ASICs”. + +抵抗的第二个方法是“朝井里下毒”。Vitalik将它描述为“最终是一个适应性的人性解决方法,而不是通过技术解决。如果某种计算变得普及,那么传统的矿工能够把大量的合约放到特别设计的区块链上,用来抵制某些ASIC矿机。“ + +As Cointelegraph reported in February, Bitmain’s profits outstripped the US GPU giant Nvidia in 2017. Research by Bernstein analysts estimated Bitmain’s profits to be between $3-4 bln for 2017, holding 70-80 percent of the market for BTC miners and ASICs. + +Cointelegraph在2月报道过,2017年比特大陆的利润远远超过美国的GPU巨头Nvidia。Bernsterin分析师的研究估计,2017年比特大陆的利润介于30亿到40亿美元之间,在BTC矿机和ASIC矿机这一市场中占据70%到80%。 + +Ethereum’s informal poll regarding a possible hard fork follows Monero’s rejection of centralized hashpower last month. Monero devlead Riccardo Spagni warned that the coin’s protocol would be changed every six months to stymie ASIC monopolies. Rumors regarding possible deployment of Ethash compatible ASIC miners impacted Ethereum markets, according to somecommentators. + +以太坊关于可能硬分叉的这一非正式调查紧随上个月门罗币对中心化哈希算力的抵制。门罗币的开发负责人Riccardo Spagni警告说,门罗币的协议会每6个月就改变一次来抵制ASIC矿机的垄断。根据一些评论员的说法,关于可能部署兼容ASIC矿机的Ethash的传言影响到了以太坊的市场行情。 + + + +------ + +**区块链中文字幕组** + +致力于前沿区块链知识和信息的传播,为中国融入全球区块链世界贡献一份力量。如果您懂一些技术、懂一些英文,欢迎加入我们,加微信号:w1791520555。 + +[点击查看 GITHUB 及更多的译文](https://github.com/BlockchainTranslator/EOS) + +**本文译者介绍** + +Chuan,区块链技术爱好者。欢迎加我的微信:youyuxiaochuan + +译文版权所有,转载需完整注明以上内容。 + +本文源自新闻媒体 Cointelegraph,如有侵权,请与译者联系删除。 +