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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by dtech on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:38AM (#27196121)
Youtube provides entertainment for literally billions of people

Bitcoin provides... idk a way for some people to make a lot of money and some others to lose it?...

Even if we say that BTC provides some value by transferring money etc. the amount of value per Watt is so slanted its ridiculous to even make that argument.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by chrischattin on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:46AM (#27196242)
Bitcoin is an independent financial network. It opens up economic access to literally billions of people currently shut out of the traditional financial system. I'd say that's quite valuable to the human race.
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by selfhoster11 on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:40AM (#27196152)
Because entertainment is so useful? What's your utility function to decide which one is more worthy of using electricity? Why should we use your utility function in particular?
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