Ethereum Is a Dark Forest

Re:Ethereum Is a Dark Forest by orthecreedence on Friday August 28, 2020 @05:19PM (#24310091)

They do, they blabber about how it's not actually waste because people value the waste. It's effectively a logical extension of the marginal value theory applied to ignorant self-destruction.

While they will talk about marginal value, they don't talk about entire systems incentivized to operate by creating value destructively, aka externalization at its finest.

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Re:Ethereum Is a Dark Forest by seibelj on Friday August 28, 2020 @07:36PM (#24311656)

If there is a geothermal source of energy in a location that is impossible to transmit electricity from, and you use it to mine bitcoin, is this immoral and a “waste” of energy? This literally happens in Iceland.

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Re:Ethereum Is a Dark Forest by orthecreedence on Monday August 31, 2020 @04:05PM (#24335396)

Yes.

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