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There actually is a fundamental linkage between the computational work of mining (which the Bitcoin network treats as money) and energy. E = kB T ln 2, Landauer
by jihodl 6y ago
There actually is a fundamental linkage between the computational work of mining (which the Bitcoin network treats as money) and energy. E = kB T ln 2, Landauer's Principle [1].
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer's_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer's_principle
- rglullis 6y agoComputation for work and energy, yes. No one is arguing against that. The problem is arguing a correlation between computation and work for price of BTC and/or cost of energy. That is the mistake from OP.