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What? There is no fucking way mining is using anywhere near 50% clean energy.
And using any energy for proof-of-waste is awful. That clean energy could've been used for something productive rather than a hashing lottery.
> on this basis
That's far from the only problem. The bigger problem is that this "technology" only works for crime and does not work as an actual regular currency.
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What? There is no fucking way mining is using anywhere near 50% clean energy.
And using any energy for proof-of-waste is awful. That clean energy could've been used for something productive rather than a hashing lottery.
> on this basis
That's far from the only problem. The bigger problem is that this "technology" only works for crime and does not work as an actual regular currency.