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Re:YouTube-mp3 agrees to shut down by shawabawa3 on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:41AM (#15176294)
> but can we even have a blockchain-based tech that doesn't burn enormous amounts of electricity just to operate?

Look into Proof of Stake (PoS) - people are looking into more efficient blockchains (although there's some controversy over whether it will work)

Re:YouTube-mp3 agrees to shut down by TeMPOraL on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @11:45AM (#15176327)
I've heard of the term, but from what I understand, no actual working implementation of that concept currently exists, right?
Re:YouTube-mp3 agrees to shut down by mclehman on Tuesday September 05, 2017 @04:10PM (#15178692)
Decred is currently mined using a mix of PoW and PoS.

Current supply[1]:

PoW-mined: 43.5% PoS-mined: 21.8% Development Subsidy: 7.3% Airdrop: 13.7% Dev Premine: 13.7%

Blackcoin is also PoS mined, and NXT reaches consensus using PoS but if IIUC is not mined per se.

1: https://www.decred.org/