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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by lalaland1125 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:35PM (#28765252)
Most of the discussion about "eliminating" and/or taxing cryptocurrency are about trying to reduce the use of cryptocurrencies within developed countries where they are not needed.

Nobody here is trying to stop people in authoritarian states from using crypto.

Bringing up the authoritarian states is just a strawman.

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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by nprz on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:54PM (#28765493)
What happens when those developed countries become authoritarian? Or starts printing trillions of dollars?
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Re:Cryptocurrencies’ Carbon Footprint Underestimated by lalaland1125 on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @05:22PM (#28765779)
I think climate change is the bigger risk here in context.
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