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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by 2muchcoffeeman on Saturday April 23, 2022 @06:56AM (#31133141)
Climate change may be the problem that defines our generation.

In that light, and given the ludicrous power estimates that blockchains use, are we not morally obligated to kill all the blockchain projects if these estimates are in the right ballpark?

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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by lostmsu on Sunday April 24, 2022 @01:34AM (#31141540)
Only if you believe climate change defines this generation.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by Tenoke on Saturday April 23, 2022 @08:44AM (#31133793)
At most we might be obliged to kill the worst (and a lot of other non-crypto things) but killing all makes no sense when there's many with fairly neglible impact.
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Re:Ask HN: Am I going insane or is there genuinely no value ... by woodruffw on Saturday April 23, 2022 @09:26AM (#31134061)
Nature abhors a vacuum: if you kill the most popular PoW scheme, the little ones will dutifully step up and use just as much power. I don’t think there’s any world we can live in where PoW schemes will have “negligible impact,” which only heartens the justification for banning all of them, now.
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