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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by heterodoxxed on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:42PM (#26095204)
> The U.S. government can print as much dollars as they want, whereas BTC cannot.

In a macroeconomic sense, this is a strength of the dollar and a weakness of Bitcoin.

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Re:Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index by shawnz on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @05:28PM (#26095674)
It is a strength of the dollar as a fiat currency, but that doesn't mean it would be a good thing for every asset class to behave that way.
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