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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by dagmx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @01:50AM (#29366762)
But won't each of those take up significantly more energy once they use Bitcoin than today? I.e the costs will be additive , and crypto aims to replace fiat. So crypto would need to be more efficient at the same scale as fiat to make sense.

Also aren't each of those used by significantly more people than Bitcoin? So the per capita use is less and they scale better?

Also how are you estimating cost of porn? Viewing cost? Generation cost?

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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by chrischattin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:45AM (#29367273)
No. Bitcoin network power usage isn’t related to the number of transactions.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by dagmx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:17AM (#29368670)
You're only talking about at any given moment in tjme, but Bitcoin hashing difficulty adjusts in an almost correlated way to number of transactions being performed (or more directly related to popularity at a given time)

https://m.btc.com/stats/diff

So your statement ends up being incorrect over a period of time.

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