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You would still be generating lots of heat with all those GPUs crunching numbers every day, and possibly even more to cool them down. And there's also chips sca
by squarefoot 5y ago
You would still be generating lots of heat with all those GPUs crunching numbers every day, and possibly even more to cool them down.
And there's also chips scarcity, in which I'm sure the pandemic isn't the only culprit.
Cryptocurrencies should be banned everywhere, unless we find a way to send a mining farm in space; but they're doing only damage here on Earth.
- Nevermark 5y agoProof of stake and proof of history have already arrived as alternatives to your dilemma. Replacing legacy tech (proof of work, in this case) isn't trivial, but better than banning a whole new industry for an already solved legacy problem.