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Re:Bitcoin is not a Battery – it is a Sink by splintercell on Sunday March 28, 2021 @05:42PM (#26614923)
You're storing and recovering capital, i. e. value across time.
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Re:Bitcoin is not a Battery – it is a Sink by eladv on Sunday March 28, 2021 @08:21PM (#26616329)
Yes, but the amount of capital that gets stored has nothing to do with the amount of electricity that goes into the system. Bitcoin is a "battery for value" (AKA a currency). But it's not a "battery for electricity" (AKA a battery :) ).
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