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Re:The Environmental Cost of Bitcoin by opinologo on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:39PM (#25815239)
that's ridiculous.

You are forgetting (among many) about the impacts of a decentralised currency for the billions of people without access to bank accounts or a stable currency.

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Re:The Environmental Cost of Bitcoin by tsimionescu on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:58PM (#25815480)
Billions? The bitcoin network is doing less than 7 transactions per second. It's less than useless for anything but a handful of people trading it as speculation.
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Re:The Environmental Cost of Bitcoin by Hamuko on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:44PM (#25815291)
How is Bitcoin helping people that have a need for a bank and a stable currency?
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