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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by miracle2k on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:06AM (#26090093)
Presumably it wasn't used for everyday payments before, and obviously the global price was unaffected, so when you say it become useless, in what way do you mean?
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by root_axis on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:43AM (#26090650)
I mean that the island was without power for months so anybody that was expecting to rely on bitcoin in any capacity during the disaster was totally screwed.
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