> Why should others decide if I can run useless hashing functions on my computer? Price the electricity accordingly, and make PoW impossible. Cultural model. I

> Why should others decide if I can run useless hashing functions on my computer? Price the electricity accordingly, and make PoW impossible. Cultural model. I don't feel like increasing the electricity price for everyone is a better solution. > Cryptocurrency is no the enabler of ransomware. Ransomware was prevalent before cryptocurrencies. The real enablers of ransomware are the countries that shelter the R10 groups, raking in millions. Cryptocurrency are a good catalyst. The first does not exclude the last. The "real enabler" is that fast growing systems are juicy and fragile. > There's a reason some ransomware doesn't run when your system has a Russian language keyboard, and it's not because they know Russians never pay ransom... Many nations have active "digital warfare" programs, which may or may not take the form of ransomware. I would not be surprised if some would masquerade themselves as Russians masquerading as Israelis masquerading as Frenchs to poke on China, if all it takes is to carefully check and act on keyboard mapping. Don't you dare touching the colemak users.