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Re:China says it wants to eliminate Bitcoin mining by mikestew on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @11:29AM (#19615628)
Thalidomide [0] has been demonstrated to reduce morning sickness in pregnant women. Oh, and it also produces a high rate of birth defects. But let's not focus on the latter, shall we?

I'm sure there are pros to cryptocurrency. One of the cons is that it contributes to climate change. We've all heard plenty of cryptocurrency drum-beating over the years, it's not like "focusing on the latter" is some crazy imbalance of criticism.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thalidomide

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Re:China says it wants to eliminate Bitcoin mining by clarky07 on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:40PM (#19617718)
Not all crypto is based on mining, so not all crypto contributes to climate change. Suggesting all crypto is bad because bitcoin uses energy is silly.
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Re:China says it wants to eliminate Bitcoin mining by mikestew on Tuesday April 09, 2019 @02:51PM (#19617822)
What's silly is to swoop in all Captain Pedantic-like, cape flapping in the breeze, at the slightest mention of "cryptocurrency". Thanks for the correction, Cap', but the title at the top of the page says "Bitcoin" and the topic I'm replying to has to do with energy use.

Now where did I put that Cryptonite...

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