Vitalik Buterin is worried about crypto's future

Re:Vitalik Buterin is worried about crypto's future by always2slow on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:38AM (#30754634)

So saying that "the hashrate has only gone up" implies the hashrate never goes down [between any comparison point], but you agree that over some comparison points as displayed by the five year graph the hashrate has gone down correct?

Yes, the hashrate graph has a positive slope over large time series, but it does go down at various points along the time series so therefore saying "the hashrate has only gone up" is a false statement.

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Re:Vitalik Buterin is worried about crypto's future by 300bps on Monday March 21, 2022 @10:48AM (#30754750)

Respectfully, you are reading English words like a robot and completely ignoring the context of the conversation. Similarly, if I were to say, "I'm so hungry I could eat a horse" it would not be helpful for you to whip up calculations thereby proving my stomach is not large enough to accommodate the volume of horse meat necessary to make this true.

I have run into this in about 1 out of 50 interactions on HN over the years and I find it most helpful to point this out and mean no disrespect by it.

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