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Once we have enough green energy I'd totally agree with you. But currently, I don't think we can afford adding that much CO² for a currency that isn't widely us
by dx034 7y ago
Once we have enough green energy I'd totally agree with you. But currently, I don't think we can afford adding that much CO² for a currency that isn't widely used anywhere in the world.
- mrb 7y ago«isn't widely used anywhere» Bitcoin processes 10 million transactions a month (300k/day) and it's generally been growing over the years: https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-transactions.html https://bitinfocharts.com/comparison/bitcoin-transactions.ht...
- aidanlister 7y agoBut how many useful transactions? Isn’t the vast majority of that trading and not economically useful activity?
- trickstra 7y agoWho is the global arbiter of usefulness? My transactions have always been useful for me and for my counterparty, if that's what you are asking.
- _Microft 7y agoWhich is negligible compared to the number of credit card transactions in the US (> 300 times as many per month) or bank transfers in Germany alone (50 times as many per month). And that's not even counting other ways or countries.
- trickstra 7y agohttps://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miners-send-message-at-fidelity-we-run-on-clean-energy-not-dirty-coal https://www.coindesk.com/bitcoin-miners-send-message-at-fide...