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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by ryan_lane on Thursday January 06, 2022 @09:26PM (#29833992)
That doesn't make it moral. Using all the available renewable energy to do useless computations, so that a very tiny minority of folks can use a "currency", means that energy isn't available for other uses. The prevalence of mining is causing energy providers to postpone the decommissioning of dirty plants to be able to meet peak load.

There is no ethical use of proof of work cryptocurrency.

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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by mrkramer on Friday January 07, 2022 @02:38AM (#29836181)
>There is no ethical use of proof of work cryptocurrency.

Is there ethical use of your idle CPU time?

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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by ryan_lane on Friday January 07, 2022 @04:51AM (#29837193)
An idle CPU can be powered down. A computer can be put to sleep when not in use. CPU cycles that are unused aren't wasted, but power that's used can very much be wasted.

The correct framing is in regards to what the CPU is doing when it isn't idle.

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Re:Mozilla Foundation pausing cryptocurrency donations by demetrius on Friday January 07, 2022 @10:09AM (#29839974)
Hybernation.
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