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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by Justin_K on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:28PM (#29899143)
Would you support Visa and Amex if their next generation networks required you to burn x minutes of natural gas or x pounds of coal to complete a transaction? Why is this an acceptable architecture for Blockchain? It is a race to the bottom.
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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by randomhodler84 on Tuesday January 11, 2022 @05:38PM (#29899307)
That’s absurd comparison. No energy user (be it miners or the visa network) requires unclean power. Electricity is fungible.

We all want power to be cleanly generated. This demand side bullying needs to stop. Give us clean energy!

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Re:Radeon RX 6500 XT is bad at cryptocurrency mining on purp... by dasKrokodil on Wednesday January 12, 2022 @05:29AM (#29904579)
There is no such thing as clean energy.
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