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Re:Swedish government agencies say energy-intensive crypto m... by skohan on Saturday November 06, 2021 @04:54AM (#29128546)
Yeah exactly. Another example would be the impact on GPU prices: mining almost certainly plays a role in making GPUs less accessible, which raises the cost of ML for example. There's probably innovations which would affect the world in a positive way which we don't have right now because of the barrier to entry to ML research created by high GPU prices.

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