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no? if there was some successful state-sponsored or populist uprising against bitcoin’s energy then the energy use will decrease and bitcoin will continue func
by vmception 6y ago
no?
if there was some successful state-sponsored or populist uprising against bitcoin’s energy then the energy use will decrease and bitcoin will continue functioning as normal
it just incentivizes more efficient hardware or lower yield for miners
the network can decrease in difficulty or have steady difficulty forever
the value that the network can support is still several orders of magnitude higher, and there are at a lot of gigawatts of energy to tap into before it reaches said maximum
- seaman1921 6y agoyou can't support <something negative> saying it would encourage people to develop ways to prevent it
- vmception 6y agoyou say that but that’s how electronics work you are limiting one variable: power consumption, and people will have to work around that tighter than they already do
- leereeves 6y agoIf there's an uprising about Bitcoin's energy usage in the USA (just for example), neither the US gov nor people will be able to force miners in, say, China to use less energy. But that might provide a good excuse for the government to regulate Bitcoin in whatever way they choose.
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