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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by ISL on Friday April 16, 2021 @08:02AM (#26832807)
Boom/bust cycles preceded central banks.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by jokethrowaway on Saturday April 17, 2021 @10:27AM (#26844500)
Sure, but the problem was similar: unbacked money printed by banks and used to prop up the economy.
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Re:Bitcoin miners are buying power plants by arcticbull on Friday April 16, 2021 @03:39PM (#26838220)
And they were a lot worse when no tools existed to mitigate.
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