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Re:Bill Gates Says that Bitcoin is bad For the Planet by jasonlaramburu on Monday March 08, 2021 @05:48PM (#26392711)
Bitcoin’s excessive energy consumption is a feature, not a bug, designed to deter a 51% attack. It will only get worse as the price of BTC increases. If we reach an era of nearly free energy, the price of BTC will fall.
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