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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by boh on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @12:27PM (#26092099)
Asset values don't reflect economic impact/relevance (as in a $100MM Picasso doesn't indicate $100MM of economic activity). That's why GDP is used as an indicator for economic growth, not market caps.
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by ctdonath on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @08:51PM (#26097310)
Market cap is an estimated resale value under current/predictable conditions. GDP is a total of cumulative annual transactions. We can measure Bitcoin both ways, and each is remarkable.
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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by boh on Thursday February 11, 2021 @11:54AM (#26103896)
Hopefully anyone reading this will take a minute to look up GDP.

The comment above, in a nutshell, is what's enveloping the current crypto environment. Maybe one day we'll get past it (or maybe this is just it).

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