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>The problem with cryptocurrency, unlike eg. gold, is that you can't melt it down and get the energy back somehow. Melting gold down would require more energy,
by hammock 5y ago
>The problem with cryptocurrency, unlike eg. gold, is that you can't melt it down and get the energy back somehow.
Melting gold down would require more energy, not less and is a step in the initial mining of gold, not "getting the energy back."
Not sure what you were getting at here
- snovv_crash 4y agoI'm getting at the currency having some intrinsic value. Gold has industrial and decorative uses which give it value beyond just sitting in a vault.