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Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High by rcxdude on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:43AM (#19891843)
They have substantially less, especially on a per-transaction or total value basis.
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Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High by agustinf on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:45AM (#19891855)
Bitcoin layer 2 solutions (i.e. lightning network) don't have this "per transaction" issue, though
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Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High by lawn on Sunday May 12, 2019 @10:05AM (#19891969)
Comparisons to Bitcoin's per-transaction energy use is not valid. It could use 100x or 1/100th of the energy and process the same amount of transactions. Transaction throughput is a separate problem.
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Re:Bitcoin's First $1k Weekend Since 2017 Marks Nine-Month High by programmarchy on Sunday May 12, 2019 @09:48AM (#19891868)
Petrodollar powers the war machine, so it’s not even close.
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