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The difference is that CPU cycles that go to CI have value in that they expose defects in software before users run into them, where they would cause more econo
by pcwalton 5y ago
The difference is that CPU cycles that go to CI have value in that they expose defects in software before users run into them, where they would cause more economic damage. If CI didn't exist, then the overall utility of software would decrease, so in effect CI pays for itself. This is not so with cryptocurrency.
- Karrot_Kream 5y agoDo you have proof of this assertion? Otherwise it sounds like the Reduce, Reuse, Recycle greenwashing that corporations put out in the '90s to get us to believe that using plastic overconsumption wasn't really bad at all. All I'm reading is: it needs to be banned if I don't like it, but if I use it and like it then it's useful.
- pcwalton 5y agoI don't want cryptocurrency mining to be banned, since it's essentially impossible to do that, but I wish people would stop mining cryptocurrency as I don't see benefits that outweigh the costs. There's nothing wrong with expressing opinions as to what society's resources should go to.