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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by rantwasp on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @12:34AM (#27204620)
yup. it is silly to compare the banking system with bitcoin. bitcoin is obviously better. does it close at 5pm? does it close on the weekend?

my point is that you don’t get to decide what i consume. and banning bitcoin == banning any type of computing that you don’t like. do you understand how much power a modern datacenter sucks? do you also understand that some things that run in a datacenter are straight up dangerous to the fabric of our society?

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by 0xB31B1B on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @01:59AM (#27205101)
"my point is that you don’t get to decide what i consume"

I am not making any decisions about your consumption. Our democratically elected government is responsible for making the best choices that balance our societal needs. Our government already regulates a lot of things around computing: Child porn/CSAM, export controls around cryptography, data privacy, the computer fraud and abuse act. This isn't novel stuff, having a computer doesn't mean you can do literally anything on it with zero consequences.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by rantwasp on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @11:49AM (#27210309)
once you compare it to CP it’s clear you have a valid argument.

democracy? data privacy? thanks for the good laugh

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