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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by tucosan on Sunday January 17, 2021 @04:49PM (#25815355)
It is unlikely that a GPU is an efficient heat source. Cryptomining should be done on green energy, or not at all. Generally, we should move away from proof-of-work based currencies.
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Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by drexlspivey on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:10PM (#25815622)
> It is unlikely that a GPU is an efficient heat source.

This is plain wrong. A device that consumes N watts of power (and doesn't output electricity or some other form of energy) will eventually produce N joules of heat per second.

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