Re:BitTorrent inventor announces eco-friendly Bitcoin compet...
by derefr on Thursday November 09, 2017 @11:58AM
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It’s green if the 1:1 conversion of a “useless” heater into a money-generating heater, partially displaces the logistics pipeline of the US Mint, no? No matter how efficient it is to dig up/farm materials and process them into coins and bills, it can’t be 100% efficient.
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Re:BitTorrent inventor announces eco-friendly Bitcoin compet...
by mankyd on Thursday November 09, 2017 @12:55PM
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Until cryptocurrency proves that it can use less energy than our current system while being equally useful at the same time, it's hard to argue that it's an improvement.
The same can be said of this new "Chia" network, but it's much easier to call it "green" in relative terms compared to other existing crypotcurrencies, at least.