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All you're suggesting is replacing an electric heater with ... an electric heater. That's not "green". It is perhaps more practical, assuming one considers cry
by mankyd 9y ago
All you're suggesting is replacing an electric heater with ... an electric heater.
That's not "green". It is perhaps more practical, assuming one considers crypto-mining practical, but not green.
- derefr 9y agoIt’s green if the 1:1 conversion of a “useless” heater into a money-generating heater, partially displaces the logistics pipeline of the US Mint, no? No matter how efficient it is to dig up/farm materials and process them into coins and bills, it can’t be 100% efficient.
- mankyd 9y agoUntil cryptocurrency proves that it can use less energy than our current system while being equally useful at the same time, it's hard to argue that it's an improvement. The same can be said of this new "Chia" network, but it's much easier to call it "green" in relative terms compared to other existing crypotcurrencies, at least.