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Re:Whale Watching: Many companies earn a huge portion of sal... by s73ver_ on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:16PM (#15882108)
The environment, if the reports of the electricity usage of BTC are accurate.
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Re:Whale Watching: Many companies earn a huge portion of sal... by smt88 on Friday December 08, 2017 @04:53PM (#15882394)
This is very similar to mineral mining in the physical world: a small number of people create immense wealth while leaving huge costs of environmental destruction to the rest of us.
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