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Re:Mexican billionaire Salinas says his banking business may... by sprafa on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:32AM (#27661725)
... complete lack of understanding that crypto is moving to proof of stake which reduces energy use by something like a few orders of magnitude.
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Re:Mexican billionaire Salinas says his banking business may... by top_sigrid on Monday June 28, 2021 @09:35AM (#27661766)
Well this might be true for some cryptos. It is not true at all for Bitcoin which is still by far the biggest and most relevant.
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Re:Mexican billionaire Salinas says his banking business may... by sprafa on Wednesday June 30, 2021 @06:18AM (#27686832)
Bitcoin is technologically irrelevant at this point, since it has abandoned the idea of smart contracts.

My guess is it'll be eclipsed by the smart contract platforms - ETH, DOT and ALGO. And eventually just go away.

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