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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by SwimSwimHungry on Friday April 16, 2021 @12:36AM (#26829512)
And to your point, likely a way that doesn't have global implications? Even other bubbles of the past didn't have quite the reach that the likes of Bitcoin has (maybe with the exception of the entire stock market in the Roaring 20s leading right up to the crash of 1929). That's why this time, this is much more dangerous in the long run.
Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by spiorf on Friday April 16, 2021 @01:52AM (#26830031)
What about the hypotesis that a global shared ledger under no-one's control with thermodynamical guarantee of immutability actually has some value?
Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by kortilla on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:01AM (#26830077)
There is no thermodynamic guarantee in Bitcoin.
Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by SwimSwimHungry on Friday April 16, 2021 @02:38AM (#26830374)
Last I checked too, Bitcoin is not quantum safe either.