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Re:Kosovo pulls plug on energy-guzzling Bitcoin miners by Jach on Sunday January 16, 2022 @08:56AM (#29956000)
I like putting it another way: 125.96 terawatt-hours at 11 cents per Kwh (my local rate which is quite a bit higher than many places mining happens) is about $13.8 billion. This is much less than what the world spent on toothpaste in a year ($30bn), isn't much more than Americans spent on Halloween ($10bn), cigarette companies spent on US marketing ($8bn, with much more than that being how much American spent on cigarettes), and is only about 10x more than a single banking player (Bank of America) spends on cybersecurity per year. Do any of these figures seem as absurd to you?
Re:Kosovo pulls plug on energy-guzzling Bitcoin miners by danlugo92 on Sunday January 16, 2022 @09:41AM (#29956323)
BTC bad.

Giant faceless banks in bed with the government good.

You dind't get the memo when you signed up?