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Re:New study quantifies Bitcoin’s ludicrous energy consumption by iainmerrick on Thursday May 17, 2018 @11:23AM (#17092081)
I mostly agree, except that the fundamental idea is bad because it inevitably leads to an arms race between miners. Using more electricity gives you a bigger share of the pie, but doesn’t actually grow the pie. So the electricity is really wasted. And this at a time when our energy demand is contributing to climate change.

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