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Re:Web3? I have my DAOts by AnthonyMouse on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @02:17AM (#29469832)
Now you're talking about revenue vs. profit. That part of the "value" is still created, it just goes to the power company or the ASIC manufacturer instead of the miner.

If you mine $100 worth of Bitcoin, there is $100 worth of Bitcoin created, whether the electricity cost you $20 or $120.

Re:Web3? I have my DAOts by lottin on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @03:44AM (#29470305)
This is not how 'creating value' works. If you create something that sells for $100 but cost $100 to be produced, you have created zero value, and if it cost $120 you have destroyed value. In economics this is called added value, it's defined as the value of the output minus production costs. The sum of all added value over a period of time amounts to the GDP.
Re:Web3? I have my DAOts by biztos on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @07:19AM (#29471617)
But if I build an ASIC computer for $100 and sell it to some miner for $120, have I (the ASIC company in China) not created $20 in value?

If Bitcoin goes to zero I still made my $20.

Re:Web3? I have my DAOts by lottin on Tuesday December 07, 2021 @07:39AM (#29471761)
Correct.