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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by tsimionescu on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:00AM (#26055061)
> The energy isnt wasted though, the safety of the trustless transaction is proportional to the expended energy. While not the source of value, it is a necessity, not a waste.

This would be somewhat true if Bitcoin were the only mechanism for trustless transactions, but there are others that consume far less energy, such as https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawala.

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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by jasdine817 on Sunday February 07, 2021 @06:55PM (#26059360)
In what way is Hawala trustless?
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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by tsimionescu on Monday February 08, 2021 @04:20PM (#26070293)
Oops, you're absolutely right, I was thinking of distributed payments and somehow confused that in my head with being trustless...
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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by mr_woozy on Sunday February 07, 2021 @09:57PM (#26060280)
how could you possibly call Hawala trustless if you understand it?
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Re:Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin by tsimionescu on Monday February 08, 2021 @04:21PM (#26070304)
Oops, you're absolutely right, I was thinking of distributed payments and somehow confused that in my head with being trustless...
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