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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by DantesKite on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:02PM (#28764841)
Agreed.

I like to make this joke often: What's the difference between communism and bitcoin?

Communism has actually been tried in practice.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by philwelch on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:18PM (#28765029)
With bitcoin, you can get things the government doesn't want you to have. With communism, you can't even get things the government does want you to have.
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