RhoNet Turns a 1997 Cryptography Bounty into a Distributed GPU Search

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The coordination model assigns each machine a pseudo-random curve walk and treats distinguished points as compact evidence of expected work. Submitted segments are sampled for replay after an epoch closes, with one failed audit described as forfeiting the contributor’s balance. The example board reports 11,401 points over eight epochs, while the accounting and payout path remains a local test system with no real funds deployed.