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It's okay, that time is "coming" (will never arrive)
by omni 5y ago
It's okay, that time is "coming" (will never arrive)
- vmception 5y agoI guess this puts me in an interesting spot where I'm both A) content with the progress given the existence of the beacon chain B) don't care if the merge is delayed again, delayed indefinitely, or Proof of Work never gets turned off for some reason so although its tempting to get defensive I guess my real response is "okay? I don't care."
- TheDudeMan 5y agoDoesn't it seem like PoW is a bad use of our limited electricity resources?
- kragen 5y agoElectricity resources aren't limited; electricity gets cheaper when you install more solar panels, not more expensive. That will continue to be the case for the next three orders of magnitude of marketed energy consumption growth.
- TheDudeMan 5y agoWhen does it start? https://www.statista.com/statistics/183700/us-average-retail-electricity-price-since-1990/ https://www.statista.com/statistics/183700/us-average-retail...
- kragen 5y agoIn six years, most places, though places like Chile and the UAE are already seeing the benefits.
- ianai 5y agoHow are you measuring this? Got a link?
- kragen 5y agoSome of my older notes on the topic are listed in https://dercuano.github.io/topics/energy.html https://dercuano.github.io/topics/energy.html, and there are further notes in Derctuo and Dernocua. Unfortunately I don't have a very clear summary anywhere.
- ianai 5y agoThose are some cool reads!