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Re:Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? by anyfoo on Friday March 02, 2018 @12:19AM (#16499251)
Except that the resources here are finite, and using them has side effects.

Gosh this is ridiculous, why do I even have to explain it. If someone starts wasting fire extinguishers by emptying them out a window, do you proclaim that "if one thinks that the fire extinguisher can be put to a better use, they can start using them for that better purpose next door"?

Re:Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? by prostoalex on Friday March 02, 2018 @12:46AM (#16499384)
Where do they get the money to buy new extinguishers?
Re:Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? by anyfoo on Friday March 02, 2018 @12:52AM (#16499407)
Depends on who buys them. The point, to completely overdraw the analogy, is: Fire extinguishers are finite, and using them damages everybody's house. So wasting them excessively on pointless activities might not be the smartest thing to do, even if you just waste your own money on them.
Re:Is Bitcoin a Waste of Electricity, or Something Worse? by jakupovic on Saturday March 03, 2018 @08:40PM (#16512806)
You still don't get that if that electricity had a better/profitable use it would be used for such a purpose rather than Bitcoin mining.