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Re:Bitcoin’s climate damage is similar to beef and crude oil... by colinmhayes on Thursday September 29, 2022 @07:06PM (#33028554)
Except bitcoin can't even come close to handling the number of transactions that occur in USD.
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Re:Bitcoin’s climate damage is similar to beef and crude oil... by rufusroflpunch on Thursday September 29, 2022 @07:56PM (#33028990)
Bitcoin is more comparable to FedWire which has very similar throughput. In a Bitcoin world, it would just be the base layer.
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Re:Bitcoin’s climate damage is similar to beef and crude oil... by actionfromafar on Friday September 30, 2022 @09:35AM (#33034640)
So it would be much the same as the fiat world for the average person. Just new masters.
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