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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by sph on Thursday September 15, 2022 @05:12AM (#32849161)
Wait until you hear how much of the world's total energy is wasted on ads (manufacturing, transmission, power usage) or spam email.
Re:The Ethereum merge is done by kaba0 on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:08AM (#32849578)
While I hate ads with a burning passion, they do affect multiple orders of more people than cryptos ever did, even if that effect is far from positive (but not blanket negative either).
Re:The Ethereum merge is done by dmitriid on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:24AM (#32850119)
That's a good company for cryptocurrencies to be in, don't you think? Just as wasteful and useless.
Re:The Ethereum merge is done by scambier on Thursday September 15, 2022 @10:53AM (#32852919)
- "X is extremely wasteful"

- "Wait until you hear how much Y is more wasteful"

Ok?