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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by lykr0n on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @08:39PM (#18812098)
Just goes to show how short sighted some people can be. Make money now, or give up that chance so future me or my possible future kids might have a slightly better world to live in. Now multiply that by a lot and- it's hard.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by emasirik on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @08:42PM (#18812110)
To many people, the world in which they have more money is probably the "better" world to live in, even if that world as a whole is less healthy.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by bordercases on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @08:46PM (#18812126)
You assume that the people that use cryptocurrencies also tend to be the people that want kids.
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Re:Ethereum Plans to Cut Its Energy Consumption by 99 Percent by lykr0n on Wednesday January 02, 2019 @08:55PM (#18812176)
I mined NiceHash for a bit. Made a couple of grand doing it (I also pay for 100% wind power), but I didn't really consider the impact it would have. I saw the $10 to $15 a day for little to no work and took it.
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