Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum

Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by tick_tock_tick on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:08PM (#31241635)

We do with tons of stuff? Articles have been written about CO2 costs for literally every aspect of life at this point.

That being said Proof of Work is a slightly different beast because the consumption of resources is the goal in and of itself. Efficiency gains are antithesis to it as the cost is what keeps the network safe.

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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by aunty_helen on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:19PM (#31241754)

When was the last time you read an article about the CO2 output of the finance industry?

I can first hand assure you there are a lot of very expensive CPU cores sitting in datacenters all over the world shuffling money back and forward for fractions of cents on the dollar.

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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by johnny22 on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:52PM (#31242136)

huh? people talk about it all the time on this very site in the past. ALthough it's usually about how much VISA and mastercard uses, or how much is used by money flowing through the american banks.

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Re:Bored Ape virtual land sale breaks Ethereum by basisword on Monday May 02, 2022 @06:09PM (#31241648)

Yes, but we don’t do it and ignore monetary value. We can and do discuss both.

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