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Re:Bitcoin is not a Battery – it is a Sink by prox on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:00PM (#26612552)
I think the big problem is the amount of energy this thing is costing, and the huge load it puts on the GPU market, which could very much be a speculative bubble. There is a lot of difference between your examples and Bitcoin :

The labour of your employees hopefully adds something you can show to your clients : it’s a lot less speculation on your part.

Van Gogh is a name in the art world, and has a well documented place in art theory. Van Gogh is hardly speculative.

Re:Bitcoin is not a Battery – it is a Sink by yaa_minu on Sunday March 28, 2021 @02:22PM (#26612781)
>... and the huge load it puts on the GPU market

Point of correction: Bitcoin is mined with ASICS not GPUs