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Re:Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’... by Newtopian on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @10:17AM (#15644013)
with you on that one... a better comparison would be to see how bitcoin stacks up against the power dedicated to porn... or spam
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Re:Bitcoin mining uses more energy than Ecuador – but there’... by loceng on Tuesday November 07, 2017 @10:40AM (#15644261)
Porn and spam don't have an incentive structure to redistribute wealth weighted towards the earliest adopters - they're otherwise not really comparable unless you narrow in on one point, such as energy use.
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