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>> So borrowing and lending is no real world use case? People have been borrowing and lending for centuries before blockchain.
by thesuperbigfrog 5y ago
>> So borrowing and lending is no real world use case?
People have been borrowing and lending for centuries before blockchain.
- shoto_io 5y agoI don't get it. People have been sending messages before the internet as well?
- pennaMan 5y agoAnd surely people enjoyed a meal before mastering use of fire, so what good is technology anyway?
- thesuperbigfrog 5y agoThere are more efficient, less environmentally-damaging technologies that should be used instead. "On the current trajectory, Bitcoin miners will surpass coal miners as a major contributor to greenhouse emissions." source: https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Bitcoin-mining-is-dirtier-than-coal-Here-16663155.php https://www.sfchronicle.com/opinion/openforum/article/Bitcoi...
- pennaMan 5y agoYes, for energy production. GPUs do not have a CO2 byproduct.
- thesuperbigfrog 5y agoYes, and with a far smaller carbon footprint than blockchain-based messaging.