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>Because gamers, graphics designers, porn watchers and TVs don't use piles of thousands GPUs kept at 100% load 24/7. The spike in power demand and consumption a
by oarabbus_ 5y ago
>Because gamers, graphics designers, porn watchers and TVs don't use piles of thousands GPUs kept at 100% load 24/7. The spike in power demand and consumption after cryptocurrencies became popular speaks for itself.
Many blockchains already use or are transitioning to proof of stake cryptocurrencies. Not to mention gamers, porn watchers, and graphic designers in aggregate utilize far more energy than cryptocurrency and also do not use green sources. It seems you just have a personal dislike of crypto and are letting it preclude you from objectivity.
- squarefoot 5y agoActually I would be very interested in it, but I don't see any evidence that it is becoming environment friendly. Energy demand (and therefore cost) increases every day, so are GPU prices. The day I'll see them going back to normal I may change idea about the technology, although I wouldn't touch it as a currency with a 10 meters pole: 3 days of protests for soaring energy prices in Kazakhstan made Bitcoin drop from over $47K down to less than $43K.