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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by MarkPNeyer on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:54AM (#29368901)
All of this makes sense if you assume people won’t build new power plants for bitcoin. But they already are. They are renewable plants because these are now much cheaper. Bitcoin acts as a subsidy for the construction of new green power plants.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by user-the-name on Sunday November 28, 2021 @09:48AM (#29369301)
Nonsense.

However, people are starting up coal plants that have been previously shut down in order to mine bitcoin.

Bitcoin is causing massive harm.

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