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Maybe so, but at least mining is actually necessary to get gold out of the ground. Whereas running a distributed database and gambling can both be had for much
by svara 5y ago
Maybe so, but at least mining is actually necessary to get gold out of the ground. Whereas running a distributed database and gambling can both be had for much less.
- user-the-name 5y agoAll of bitcoin could be run on a home PC from 2005. It can do about three transactions a second. And it is burning 0.5% of the electricity of the entire planet to do so. This is basically a crime against humanity at this point.
- knowfilter 5y agoBitcoin is not the only cryptocurrency
- DonHopkins 5y agoGenocide is not the only crime against humanity, yet it is still illegal. Go figure.
- orestarod 5y agoYou talked past each other here.