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> Then it flags bitcoin as an environmental hazard, though estimates seem to be ~50-70% of BTC energy use is from renewables. Here is a brilliant idea...What i

• nscalf 5y ago
  So we can waste it on watching porn, pumping water to golf courses, running the light in your fridge, charging your fitbit, or whatever else you choose to do with it. You can extend that argument to anything that uses power which you don't approve of. Your problem isn't with crypto, it's with the power grid. Here's a brilliant idea: what if you did the leg work to lobby your politicians to push for a power grid that did what you wanted without having to limit innovation...instead of complaining online?
  • agloeregrets 5y ago
    No, it's really not. Every single thing you mentioned uses 100-100,000 times less power in whole of the entire world than Crypto uses. Your comment is like saying 'the problem with fossil fuels is not with their pollution but with that our planet is too sensitive to their output, change your planet, keep the fuel!' If Crypto is innovation than it should innovate itself into making sense on the planet it exists. This is why POS-based crypto is key to the future but there are WAY too many miners and HODLers that don't want to lose their income because it was based on bad choices.