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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by njarboe on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @06:23PM (#15761574)
Lots of people like non-traceable transactions. Real money (paper notes, gold coins?) has this property. Do you mean credit card or ACH transactions are real money and paper bills are not?
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Re:Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than Many C... by drngdds on Wednesday November 22, 2017 @08:13PM (#15762078)
> Do you mean credit card or ACH transactions are real money and paper bills are not?

No, I just forgot cash existed for a second.

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