This is like the slowest singularity ever.

I’ve come to the conclusion that proof-of-work is essentially a stunt. A mining ASIC does nothing except the counted logic, at full duty and at very low voltage, and as a consequence totally skews the Landauer trend. Here’s what my model gives if we leave it out.

A primary consequence of removing proof of work is to delay (by a decade or so) the imperative to transition into to reversible computing. If we’re to stay on trend without it, artificial bit operations will be using the full solar luminosity in just about a century from now.