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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by teawrecks on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:24PM (#29899073)
PoW really is the tragedy of the commons epitomized. The only way it could be more on the nose is if mining literally required a random human being to die.
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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by noyeastguy on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:28PM (#29899154)
The sad reality is that people will die from the excess carbon and pollution put into the atmosphere by mining crypto.
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