How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Export” Oil

Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by logicchains on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:01AM (#27246092)

>political implications aside, it still seems so crazy that here we're just burning 10 million barrels a year on doing nothing useful at all

The Iranian people impoverished by sanctions would beg to differ (no pun intended).

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Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by asddubs on Saturday May 22, 2021 @09:12AM (#27246169)

hence "political implications aside". this could also be solved by the US lifting their unjust sanctions

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Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by lifty on Saturday May 22, 2021 @10:18AM (#27246756)

If only we could all get along and sing Kumbaya together, we could solve all the world problems. In this context of human conflict and geopolitical power struggles, does bitcoin make any sense to you?

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Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by asddubs on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:58AM (#27247729)

only as much as other means of money laundering, which tend to be more energy efficient

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