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Re:Bitcoin mining hash rate drops as blackouts instituted in... by rscho on Sunday April 18, 2021 @11:44AM (#26853418)
The only energy-efficient blockchain is no blockchain at all. Storage is not free, and you can't do without it.
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Re:Bitcoin mining hash rate drops as blackouts instituted in... by bonestamp2 on Sunday April 18, 2021 @12:14PM (#26853713)
Central banking requires a lot of storage too so I'm not sure storage is a good argument against most blockchains (the proof of storage ones aside).
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