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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by randomhodler84 on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @03:08AM (#26086664)
Non-State backed, Global, trustless, bearer instrument, censorship resistant store of value that can be transmitted over a communication channel.

If you don’t understand why this is valuable now, you don’t need such a thing. One day you might...

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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by monopoledance on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:31AM (#26090461)
Not everyone dreams of ancap utopias.

Most economists don't believe in unregulated markets anymore. Somehow this message hasn't found its way downstream.

Everybody can understand crypto's role for illegal transactions and tax evasion. Not everyone sees a value there. And really, this is not down to Bitcoin in particular.

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