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Re:Bitcoin mining hash rate drops as blackouts instituted in... by trhway on Sunday April 18, 2021 @07:52AM (#26851681)
>meaningful space travel is similarly so

as i already said - that is mainly because we fail to see the world beyond our planet.

>It is not comparable to hashing random numbers for proof of work levels of useless.

you find something not important to you and declare it useless. Other people do seems to value the planetary-scale decentralized consensus at like a $1T.

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Re:Bitcoin mining hash rate drops as blackouts instituted in... by kaba0 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @08:19AM (#26851802)
> as i already said - that is mainly because we fail to see the world beyond our planet.

Well, closer to the Sun it is way too hot, further away it is way too cold. There are also tiny problems like not having an atmosphere, too great or too small gravity, or small details like not having a solid surface, but sure, which planet would you like to travel to?

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