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Re:Cryptocurrencies are collapsing by glenneroo on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:42AM (#16157467)
This will end very soon since 80% of coins have been mined already. So the energy consumption will only be miners processing transactions.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies are collapsing by teh_klev on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:53AM (#16157519)
In my book, 2140 isn't "very soon" (based on the current Bitcoin mining algos).
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Re:Cryptocurrencies are collapsing by notsrg on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @06:57AM (#16157537)
The last 1% of unmined Bitcoin will last over 100 years. A majority of mining profits at that point will be from tx fees.
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Re:Cryptocurrencies are collapsing by teh_klev on Tuesday January 16, 2018 @09:18AM (#16158291)
Sure, but "only" !== "majority".
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