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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by drawqrtz on Saturday November 06, 2021 @04:26AM (#29128388)
How do we not understand the nature of it? It is a mathematically interesting problem, but the nature of Bitcoin et.al. just makes it useful for speculation and scamming people who think it would become a digital currency.

I have yet to meet someone who bought something real with crypto.

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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by ur-whale on Saturday November 06, 2021 @06:03AM (#29128924)
> I have yet to meet someone who bought something real with crypto.

I bought a car last year with Bitcoins

Hi, nice to meet you.

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