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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by thathndude on Sunday January 02, 2022 @12:40PM (#29771104)
We know that technological history is full of situations where the inferior technology prevailed for some reason or another. The classic example is Betamax versus VHS.

All that is to say, as much as I’d like to believe it is true, there is some naivety to suggest that a superior solution will simply up end cryptocurrency, when there is a lot of money to be made by a lot of very wealthy people in cryptocurrency.

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by landemva on Sunday January 02, 2022 @03:14PM (#29773286)
Or consider: 'there is a lot of money to be made by a lot of very wealthy people' in continuation of the petro-dollar system. Many high-paying white collar defense contractor jobs are wrapped in patriotism and sell munitions to middle east dictators.
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