u/Inventor-BlueChip710

Are there any core protocol engineers / developers here?

Looking to connect with Core Protocol Engineers specialising in L1 architecture (specifically Consensus Mechanisms, P2P Networking, ASIC resistance, Sybil resistance and more). Working on r/GrahamBell. Would love to discuss it in my DM!

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Looking to connect with Core Protocol Engineers specialising in L1 architecture (specifically Consensus Mechanisms, P2P Networking, ASIC resistance and more). Working on r/GrahamBell. Would love to discuss it in my DM!

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u/Inventor-BlueChip710 — 21 days ago
▲ 4 r/CryptoMoonShots+1 crossposts

Today, solo mining in most blockchains is practically impossible. Large players with massive hardware dominate.

If a solo miner succeeds, it makes headlines. That’s not what decentralization was supposed to look like.

The problem (simple terms):

Whoever has more hardware or capital wins.

What I’m building

r/GrahamBell is a new L1 where:

  • Every miner (node) is capped at ~1 hash/sec
  • No parallel mining advantage
  • Each block’s work is independent (can’t be shared or pooled)
  • Sybil identity creation is globally rate-limited and requires persistent network presence, making bulk scaling slow (time-gated), difficult and costly

So:

Phone = PC = ASIC

Winning = staying active over time, not having better hardware

Why this matters

Instead of stopping attacks, the system makes them:

  • slow
  • time-bound
  • costly to sustain

Scaling influence requires time, not just capital or hardware.

Current state

I’ve built a browser-based MVP where you can:

  • simulate mining
  • try exceeding the cap (and see rejection)
  • observe how enforcement works

No signup needed.

Early Traction (all organic, 0$ spent on ads)

  • 922 visited the site
  • 187 tested the MVP
  • 3 Min 11 sec average engagement time per user on MVP
  • 210 users signed up to run nodes at launch

YouTube Demo: https://youtu.be/i5gzzqFXXUk

Try it: https://grahambell.io/mvp/Proof_of_Witness.html

Looking for feedback

Still early but I would appreciate thoughts from people here.

Support would be appreciated:

If you’re interested in testing the P2P version when ready, sign up for free: https://grahambell.io/mvp/#waitlist

Learn More: https://grahambell.io/

u/Inventor-BlueChip710 — 18 days ago