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Re:Netherlands must ban cryptocurrencies immediately: CPB head by koheripbal on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:14AM (#27473635)
He cites: "citing fraud, criminal use, and financial instability" - not environmentalism.

Also, that argument only applies to PoW coins, not PoS coins.

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Re:Netherlands must ban cryptocurrencies immediately: CPB head by thih9 on Friday June 11, 2021 @10:41AM (#27474021)
PoW - proof of work (computationally intensive), https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_work

PoS - proof of stake, https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proof_of_stake

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