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Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by yao420 on Saturday May 22, 2021 @11:18AM (#27247349)
> What has the network produced in the real economy?

Well according to this article it has allowed a nation state to avoid international controls and restrictions. Satoshi himself would be proud, it pretty much what he was imagining.

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Re:How Iran Uses Bitcoin Mining to Evade Sanctions and “Expo... by herewulf on Saturday May 22, 2021 @04:25PM (#27249963)
According to the article that accounts for 4.5% of it, so the other 95.5% of it is waste.
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