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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by minitoar on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:26AM (#26090379)
Unless, you know, it’s illegal. Then someone with a gun might take you & it away.
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by esotericn on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:54AM (#26090825)
Well, sure.

At the moment someone with a gun might stop me from going to have a cup of tea with my mother.

I learned long ago to ignore such things in order to maintain my sanity.

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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by minitoar on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:07AM (#26090996)
Is it illegal to go get tea with your mother somewhere? Today, Bitcoin is illegal to trade in some places.
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by esotericn on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:30AM (#26091276)
Yes, this is illegal in the UK.

We're all criminals now. Such are the '20s.

With the trajectory our political system is on, a few more months of this and the outcome where the guy with the gun pulls the trigger may well be preferable.

The main escape valve at the moment is that the regulations aren't being enforced.

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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by ric2b on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:25AM (#26091209)
Actually with Covid it might really be illegal to go get tea with your mother in some places, assuming you don't live with her.
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