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seems like an opportune moment to gift a plug for bitcoin puzzles, namely BTC32 / 1000 BTC Challenge[1]

pools are in dire need of cuda developers

> pools are in dire need of cuda developers

Pools have money; if they need CUDA engineers, they are fully capable of hiring them at the industry rate.

most are community-based, plus, the prize can far exceed such a rate

> the prize can far exceed such a rate

For all the good it's done them.

Why? Wouldn't existing tools be about as good as they could be?

they are stagnating due to the logarithmic increase in difficulty