Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by Guzba on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:50PM
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Who's database?
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Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by aplummer on Saturday February 27, 2021 @06:55PM
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Itβs ironic the premise is we trust nuclear weapons to the government but not our pithy accounts of bitcoin - which in the event of a trust-less government is worthless (because of the arsenal)
Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by Guzba on Saturday February 27, 2021 @07:02PM
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Odd framing. No one "trusts" nuclear weapons to the government as opposed to having control themselves. "Pithy accounts" (money) represent to a fairly large degree an individual's autonomy / freedom / independence. Is it so bad to find it appealing that one may wish to assert more control over this given the choice?
I say this as someone who finds crypto to look like almost a complete scam but I can't dispute the appeal of the concept.
Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by SideburnsOfDoom on Sunday February 28, 2021 @06:44AM
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We all get databases. They're a commodity. e.g. AWS will sell you a DynamoDB table for $cheap.
Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by Guzba on Sunday February 28, 2021 @09:33PM
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We should migrate Bitcoin to someone's DynamoDB table? Or did you not read the root comment?
Re:Bitcoin's vast energy use could burst its bubble
by SideburnsOfDoom on Monday March 01, 2021 @03:12AM
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Yeah. If you only want to handle around 7 transactions a second, you can buy an of the shelf Db such as a DynamoDB table for that, and it will cost you next to nothing.