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Re:Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe by vorpalhex on Monday January 10, 2022 @10:10AM (#29875984)
Your local bank branch running a few ATMs is not exactly a mining farm and provides other services other than "processing transactions". Even the central banks are just office buildings with regular data centers.
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Re:Bitcoin mining is being banned in countries across the globe by MitPitt on Monday January 10, 2022 @03:40PM (#29882003)
You missed the part where I said that this is not about electricity but man hours. Those office buildings are filled with people whose whole lives are to be spent managing these traditional finance institutions. That wastes much more energy, money, and human life.
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