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Re:Is Bitcoin Down or Just Me? by krzyk on Saturday January 08, 2022 @03:37PM (#29855924)
Bitcoin mining can be easily checked for energy usage and that's the problem.

But do you know how much energy is used for printing money?

Or for agriculture (take into account production of equipment and fertilizer), car production, getting oil from ground into cars?

Or by all ACs in the world (which are just a nice-to-have, just like bitcoin)?

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Re:Is Bitcoin Down or Just Me? by paulryanrogers on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:10PM (#29856315)
Food is required to survive, AC to live in many parts of the world. Money printing gets cheaper the more digital centralized fiat becomes.
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Re:Is Bitcoin Down or Just Me? by krzyk on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:21AM (#29904901)
AC is not required to live, it is just convenience. Heating is required (you would freeze to death), but not AC.

Food doesn't need to have so many fertilizers or bug-killers, it makes food poisonous.

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Re:Is Bitcoin Down or Just Me? by 1270018080 on Saturday January 08, 2022 @04:05PM (#29856254)
No need to whataboutism this issue. Bitcoin uses over .5% of the world's electricity just to prop up a pyramid scheme and illicit markets. It's an abject disaster.
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Re:Is Bitcoin Down or Just Me? by krzyk on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @06:19AM (#29904883)
This is your opinion, others find bitcoin useful, 0.5% is a small price for convenience.

They pay price for electricity just like users of ACs.

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