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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by smeej on Wednesday March 31, 2021 @05:21PM (#26653336)
The sheer cost of spooling up enough hardware and paying for the electricity to run it.

That's literally the entire point of proof of work.

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Re:The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ban by tome on Monday April 05, 2021 @06:53AM (#26697421)
Then hard forks would never happen, right?
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