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Re:Up to Two-Thirds of Bitcoin Transactions Have No Economic... by vkou on Thursday July 26, 2018 @02:15PM (#17619558)
The energy cost of an HFT transaction is much lower then the energy cost of a blockchain transaction.

The question is not how wasteful a system is. The question is, what is the value / waste ratio of it.

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