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Because of bitcoin history. One of the early transactions in Bitcoin's history, first in US, a user called NewLibertyStandard got coins from Martti Malmi. The
by thisisit 9y ago
Because of bitcoin history.
One of the early transactions in Bitcoin's history, first in US, a user called NewLibertyStandard got coins from Martti Malmi. The price was $5 for ~5k bitcoins. The price was calculated from an estimated cost of electricity spent by Malmi to mine those coins.
Since then bitcoin and electricity have been in inter linked to each other. There are efficient machines for mining bitcoin but the profitability comes down a lot on electricity costs.
I don't think there is so much history of electricity attached with email, Clash of Clans etc.