Re:Taproot, Bitcoin’s long-anticipated upgrade, has activated
by defaultprimate on Tuesday November 16, 2021 @12:09PM
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> It uses far less energy than the legacy banking system
False equivalence. It supports several orders of magnitude fewer transactions and throughput.
>When we finally phase out the legacy banking system completely for cryptocurrency
This will never happen.
>it will represent a drastic reduction in finance-related energy consumption worldwide
Assuming this hypothetical, prove it. Explain mathematically how proof of work supporting global finance levels of transactions would result in a net reduction in energy consumption.
False equivalence. It supports several orders of magnitude fewer transactions and throughput.
>When we finally phase out the legacy banking system completely for cryptocurrency
This will never happen.
>it will represent a drastic reduction in finance-related energy consumption worldwide
Assuming this hypothetical, prove it. Explain mathematically how proof of work supporting global finance levels of transactions would result in a net reduction in energy consumption.