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Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by d0lph on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @04:41PM (#16018279)
How so? The market is just what people are willing to pay isn't it?

Do you think the precious metal markets are wrong?

Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by cf on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:06PM (#16018449)
See arbitrages, asymmetric information, collusion, and price fixing
Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by zeroxfe on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:29PM (#16018603)
These are all effects of unregulated markets.

Markets aren't right or wrong. People decide what's right and wrong, and apply the relevant constraints via regulation.

Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by cf on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @05:36PM (#16018665)
Sure, I agree with that. It's not clear the comment I'm replying to does so. If we want to view the market as a phenomenon like soil erosion that's fine. I got the impression that the parent comment was implying markets as a provably optimal solver for resource allocation problems.
Re:Bitcoin is an Energy Hog by mcguire on Wednesday December 27, 2017 @06:02PM (#16018850)