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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by UncleMeat on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @10:56AM (#26090853)
That is circular. BTC will succeed as an investment because it will supplant other systems for banking. BTC will supplant other systems for banking because it succeeds as an investment.
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by xtracto on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:52AM (#26091614)
I think that's the same issue that every new technology related to network effects has had. Like Napster, Myspace, facebook, etc
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