3 ms·

Two things can be bad

• knuthsat 6y ago
  Cool, I guess this fast function in our code that is measured in ms is of same badness as this slow function in our code that is measured in days. Given that we are not interested in what these functions do, my choice would be to optimize the fast function. Electricity used by Argentina generates massive amounts of destruction and pollution. The electricity used by Bitcoin is probably not even close.
  • forgetfulness 6y ago
    It's a bit hard to begin arguing against someone who thinks that a country of people is less deserving of using energy than a massive online gambling scheme riddled with scams, that happens to consume as much energy as 45 million people. Where does one even start?
    • knuthsat 6y ago
      I'm not sure where I said what you believe I think. My opinion is that using more electricity than Argentina is not as dramatic as the comments make it out. Bitcoin is never going to be as destructive to the environment as these countries. Saying that PoW is immoral or that Bitcoin is horrible because of electricity use is fine. But the immorality or horribleness is magnitudes away from what the rest of the stuff using electricity does to the world. If we want to optimize something, make reductions, Bitcoin is at the bottom of the list, rationally.