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Batteries can release energy. Bitcoin cannot. Neither can aluminum. Bitcoin consumes vast amounts of energy, far more than "traditional" payment systems (per
by betterunix2 6y ago
Batteries can release energy. Bitcoin cannot. Neither can aluminum.
Bitcoin consumes vast amounts of energy, far more than "traditional" payment systems (per transaction), and denying that reality helps nothing. Bitcoin is an energy-wasting system. Fix that problem if you want to see wider adoption; don't just pretend there is no problem.
- noxer 6y agoAluminum actually can. Its made form aluminuum oxide + energy and you can oxidize (for example burn) aluminum back into aluminum oxide which releases energy. Certainly not what the author meant and certainly not possible with bitcoin where the energy is turned into heat and no chemical reaction happens at all.