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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by not2b on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:18PM (#29771714)
Do you have any evidence that this number is nonzero?
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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by johndevor on Sunday January 02, 2022 @01:32PM (#29771907)
Edit: I don't have direct evidence of saving lives (e.g. somebody bribed a guard with bitcoin in order to escape execution), but it's not hard to argue that these resistance organizations do save lives.

* https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/09/09/belarus-nonprofit...

* https://www.coindesk.com/tech/2020/10/16/nigerian-banks-shut...

* https://www.coindesk.com/policy/2020/07/15/russian-activists...

* https://wikileaks.org/

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Re:Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total during 2021 by arcticbull on Sunday January 02, 2022 @08:02PM (#29776082)
It has niche uses, but so would any other non-PoW crypto or a CBDC.
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