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Electric space heaters? That's crypto's most practical application.
by DonHopkins 3y ago
Electric space heaters? That's crypto's most practical application.
- oldgradstudent 3y agoCrypto makes extremely expensive space heaters. On the positive side, they are just as efficient as regular space heaters in producing heat from electricity.
- rvz 3y agoNope. That is now overtaken by AI (Especially LLMs), [0] which does not have any efficient methods of training, fine-tuning and inferencing. Crypto on the other hand has already has alternative consensus algorithms available today which can cut it emissions down significantly [1]. [0] https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training-nuclear-1850324249 https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training... [1] https://consensys.net/blog/press-release/ethereum-blockchain-eliminates-99-99-of-its-carbon-footprint-overnight-after-a-successful-merge-according-to-new-report/ https://consensys.net/blog/press-release/ethereum-blockchain...