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Re:Why gold and Bitcoin are popular by gwicks56 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:09PM (#27498875)
The USA dollar is the settlement currency of the world. Which means you are really looking at the energy use of the Army/Navy/Air-force. If, in this hypothetical future, BTC became the settlement record.
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Re:Why gold and Bitcoin are popular by wwweston on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:12PM (#27498896)
If you assume:

(a) the energy of the Army/Navy/Air-force supports nothing other than US currency

(b) no force would be necessary to back compliance with entries in a crypto ledger

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Re:Why gold and Bitcoin are popular by jayd16 on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:15PM (#27498910)
As if BTC would somehow eliminate the army, navy and air-force.
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Re:Why gold and Bitcoin are popular by ramchip on Sunday June 13, 2021 @11:12PM (#27498890)
I don't follow this reasoning - why would moving to BTC as a global settlement currency make armed forces obsolete?
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