Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021

Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by SavantIdiot on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:33PM (#29770992)

How do you legalize money laundering?

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by monort on Sunday January 02, 2022 @02:44PM (#29772871)

Prosecute only for the real crime, not for sending money? It was like that in the past.

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by Nextgrid on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:36PM (#29771049)

You can have money laundered or you can have money laundered and the environment destroyed as a byproduct of an intentionally wasteful proof-of-work system. Pick the least worst option?

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by imtringued on Sunday January 02, 2022 @07:31PM (#29775807)

Make people happy enough to not money launder in the first place?

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by thathndude on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:40PM (#29771116)

I lol’d. thank you for this

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