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Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kas... by rland on Tuesday July 06, 2021 @10:15PM (#27756659)
Well if you want to consider that an assumption, energy from coal has lots of value, if proof of work got profitable enough.

Which... it already has. Coal plants have been spooled up just to mine btc. The idea that we should continue or expand crypto mining is ludicrous, because it already has harmed the environment, even at its small market cap.

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Re:Up to 1,500 businesses affected by ransomware attack, Kas... by silexia on Wednesday July 07, 2021 @10:09AM (#27761297)
A currency should take less than .00001% of global energy consumption to run. Absolutely no reason to burn energy like this. Use proof of stake or just convert some other valuable entity like stock into currency.
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