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Re:Watch 1k illegal Bitcoin PCs get literally steamrolled, e... by zeckalpha on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:11AM (#27881717)
Bulldozing makes it harder to recycle. This also decreases supply of miners (though perhaps not materially) making it more expensive to mine, raising the price of Bitcoin, creating more incentive for electricity theft.
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Re:Watch 1k illegal Bitcoin PCs get literally steamrolled, e... by gruez on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:15AM (#27881754)
>This also decreases supply of miners (though perhaps not materially) making it more expensive to mine

Only in the short term. Difficulty adjustment makes the total mining power irrelevant over the long run.

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Re:Watch 1k illegal Bitcoin PCs get literally steamrolled, e... by WangComputers on Monday July 19, 2021 @08:13AM (#27881740)
"raising the price of Bitcoin"

Get back to me when that happens

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