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Re:Supporting Bitcoin == Supporting Global Warming by wobblyasp on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:29PM (#28427482)
Heating in the winter prevents people from freezing to death.

Agriculture feeds the world.

Travel, fair argument.

The power demand for a website is a drop in the ocean compared to the power consumption from a rack of GPUs or dedicated mining cards

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Re:Supporting Bitcoin == Supporting Global Warming by isitdopamine on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:33PM (#28427515)
…and Bitcoin is a revolutionary technology, providing a censorship-resistant money-exchange system.

We can discuss if this is worth more or less than <insert some other activity that contributes to global warming> and also discuss the merit of the new technology, but simple dismissing it as “contributing to global warming” is an inane argument.

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Re:Supporting Bitcoin == Supporting Global Warming by UWillOwnNothing on Sunday September 05, 2021 @04:42PM (#28427582)
It’s not even an argument. It’s pure propaganda spouted by oligarchs who have something to lose when humanity wins.
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Re:Supporting Bitcoin == Supporting Global Warming by aww_dang on Monday September 06, 2021 @02:01AM (#28430836)
BTC opened the door and CBDCs will close it. Climate apocalypse is just a convenient rationale. They've often suggested using carbon credits as a supporting 'asset' for a CBDC system.
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