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Re:Bitcoin boom may be a disaster for the environment by abalone on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:26PM (#15886820)
Not true. Bitcoin has many companies built around it, and numerous lawsuits and criminal actions have arisen from fraud in the Bitcoin community.
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Re:Bitcoin boom may be a disaster for the environment by zzxxddere333 on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:39PM (#15886902)
lolwat?
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Re:Bitcoin boom may be a disaster for the environment by dmoy on Saturday December 09, 2017 @12:59PM (#15887020)
GP means that you can't subtract the energy cost of lawyers, courts, or whatever fraud detection/resolution mechanism as GGP suggests, because in order for Bitcoin to really replace current transaction systems it will have to handle conflict resolution too.
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