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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by bluescrn on Monday February 15, 2021 @06:29PM (#26149072)
Or they generate dollars by trading and speculating but not actually creating anything. How much power is used worldwide by stock trading, HFT, etc?
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Re:Mining Bitcoin with pencil and paper: 0.67 hashes per day... by sudosysgen on Monday February 15, 2021 @08:38PM (#26149965)
I agree that this is an issue, but I don't think that's anywhere near what Bitcoin uses.
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