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Exactly! The only obvious thing to do is something constructive... not a blatant waste. In addition they are increasing the difficulty for others. He might a
by Shinkei 13y ago
Exactly! The only obvious thing to do is something constructive... not a blatant waste. In addition they are increasing the difficulty for others. He might as well flush money down the toilet and let sick orphans watch.
- mikeash 13y ago> He might as well flush money down the toilet and let sick orphans watch. I hope you're engaging in Poe's Law here. Wasting an amount of electricity comparable to leaving a single incandescent light bulb turned on is like flushing money down the toilet while sick orphans watch? Okaaaay then.
- Shinkei 13y agoThe resources were minimal, but the final product has a non-trivial value. You are saying that being proud of throwing away hundreds of dollars is not an affront to all those who could use that money? I am not using Poe's law here.
- mikeash 13y agoYes, because money isn't value, and throwing money away hurts nobody.
- Shinkei 13y agoBitcoin is either a commodity or a currency, depending on who you talk to. If it's a currency, it has the ability to purchase goods and services. If it's a commodity, then creating it and throwing it away represents a waste of resources... plain and simple. Your opinion that 'throwing money away hurts nobody' must mean that you disagree with the statement that 'all that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good men to do nothing.' That is essentially what is happening if we take currency/commodity and throw it away. They could have donated it to any charity and escaped the ethical issues. Instead they passed on that ability, there IS value in the money. This isn't some purist Economics debate, this is real life application. Same principle behind the whole idea of 'every dollar spent on war machines is a dollar not spent to clothe and feed the masses.'