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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by maxerickson on Monday February 08, 2021 @08:42AM (#26064279)
I mean, he spells it out, but it is doing 1/1000 the value.

And if you make that comparison, how much energy is being used to run Fedwire? A few kilowatts maybe?

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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by fvdessen on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:10AM (#26064636)
The security of the US financial systems is maintained in part by the US military which is not exactly free either
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Re:Tesla buys $1.5B in Bitcoin, may accept it as payment in ... by maxerickson on Monday February 08, 2021 @09:18AM (#26064730)
Without the sun we'd all be really cold.
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