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It started out decentralized but quickly consolidated. Cryptocurrencies in theory should enable a sustainable decentralized network.

• urda 8y ago
  Yeah but in practice today they are far from sustainable, and have done significant environmental damage due to their ridiculous energy consumption.
  • ghthor 8y ago
    This argument is absurb. The damage done by crypto mining is nothing compared to the environmental damage that government(aka weapons) backed fiat currencies have brought upon the world.
    • urda 8y ago
      One of those provide value, protection, and an exportable / importable product. This actually progresses nations and communities, which is not a waste of energy at all. The other is crypto mining and crypto currency. > This argument is absurb [sic]. Your entire argument here is indeed absurd, as demonstrated in this thread.