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Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by clarkmoody on Friday November 03, 2017 @01:43PM (#15620926)
> Then we could use this computation for something that's actually valuable

So Bitcoin is not valuable?

Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by GrinningFool on Friday November 03, 2017 @01:48PM (#15620975)
Perhaps "meaningful" would be a better fit.
Re:Bitcoin mining heats homes for free in Siberia [video] by acjohnson55 on Friday November 03, 2017 @05:37PM (#15622358)
I mean deriving value the actual results of the computation, not the side-effect that it can serve as a competition. Hypothetically, we could derive value from both of those things.