Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by EdwinLarkin on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:21AM
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BTC actually has a purpose unlike many many other software products that are just pure waste and net loss to society (FB).
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Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by forty on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:48AM
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I don't disagree that FB is mostly a waste (the chat and photo/video sharing are probably useful to some people) but on the other hand BTC has absolutely no utility. They are just computing arbitrary hashes and the result of this computation is useless to anybody.
Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by Hamuko on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:41AM
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Yeah, it's purposefully wasting energy. Facebook is only incidentally wasting energy as a side effect.
Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by Ariez on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:56AM
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Perhaps you should compare the usefulness of bitcoin versus Facebook when you consider the energy usage of both, intentional or otherwise.
Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by Hamuko on Thursday February 11, 2021 @08:08AM
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I find both useless.
Re:Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina
by Ariez on Thursday February 11, 2021 @08:18AM
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Unlucky I guess.
I would hazard a guess you find crypto overall to be useless.
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