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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by skohan on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @04:13PM (#27200388)
Bitcoin used to be a currency, now it's nothing more than a speculative asset. Are "the many" being served by that?
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by atweiden on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:01PM (#27201851)
Are “the many” being served by USD inflation rn?

And can you name a cryptocurrency which is anything other than a speculative store of value, and not something whose market cap is based on drum beating over social media?

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by skohan on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @06:05PM (#27201902)
> Are “the many” being served by USD inflation rn?

That's a nice false equivalency, but I can go to the store and buy bread with USD. Where can I do that with cryptocurrency?

> And can you name a cryptocurrency which is anything other than a speculative store of value, and not something whose market cap is based on drum beating over social media?

Yes! Bitcoin circa 2014

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