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Re:Because I Am Bored by 8note on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @08:42PM (#28150207)
PoW currencies are designed to ensure that cannot be done.

The miners can move to locations where the externalities aren't considered.

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Re:Because I Am Bored by Karrot_Kream on Wednesday August 11, 2021 @11:16PM (#28151399)
> The miners can move to locations where the externalities aren't considered.

Which is the same problem with banning crypto. Unless you can get every government in the world, or a smaller goal of every government in the G20, to ban crypto, there will still be demand, thus an incentive for miners, for crypto.

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