Re:A faster, more efficient cryptocurrency
by Nursie on Tuesday February 19, 2019 @03:11AM
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> Energy is a product on the market. Whoever wants to pay for it is free to do it, what’s your problem?
Carbon output, on a global scale, which is already hard enough to keep under control. We don't need yet another massive source of energy use, particularly one that gives us virtually nothing in return.
Besides you seem to be missing one important fact about energy - it is very expensive to store much of it, which is why many bitcoin farms use up available excessive energy because that way it makes them more profitable and the grid more stable.