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> I'm also enjoying the frantic handwaving away of power usage concerns Because headlines focus on the amount of power used and not the source of power used, w
by rolltiide 7y ago
> I'm also enjoying the frantic handwaving away of power usage concerns
Because headlines focus on the amount of power used and not the source of power used, which is overwhelmingly renewable and wasted energy that had no prior economic use which undermines the whole reductive argument about power used, and is an outcome resolved purely by market forces.
Let me know if you would like examples for your independent corroboration.
- Nursie 7y ago> which is overwhelmingly renewable and wasted energy that had no prior economic use And here's the handwaving. Here's a counter-example: https://www.coindesk.com/a-new-york-power-plant-is-mining-50k-worth-of-bitcoin-a-day https://www.coindesk.com/a-new-york-power-plant-is-mining-50...