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Re:The Ethereum merge is done by smcl on Thursday September 15, 2022 @06:56AM (#32849897)
There are definitely cases where The Market doesn't magically fix things and regulation needs to be introduced to prevent bad behaviour (or encourage a societally beneficial behaviour).

However in this case with the high cost of electricity in Europe right now, isn't crypto-mining similar to lighting money on fire? I can't imagine it's profitable in many European countries, if any.

Re:The Ethereum merge is done by ceejayoz on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:20AM (#32850089)
> However in this case with the high cost of electricity in Europe right now, isn't crypto-mining similar to lighting money on fire?

Miners sometimes sign long-ish-term contracts for energy.

Re:The Ethereum merge is done by smcl on Thursday September 15, 2022 @07:41AM (#32850254)
Ahhhhh I see