Re:Tim Berners-Lee: ‘Web3 is not the web at all’
by kkielhofner on Saturday November 05, 2022 @04:30AM
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Let’s go with those. Truly beneficial for the parties referenced.
At the risk of sounding somewhat cold and calculating:
Is that worth the carbon emissions of the entire country of Argentina? How many people are dying from the resulting climate impact?
How many lives have been ruined from the gambling related to bitcoin? How many times have bitcoin forums had to post suicide hotline numbers?
How many criminal enterprises, oppressive governments (like North Korea), etc have been enabled by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from ransomware and countless, endless scams?
While I do acknowledge the use cases you’ve provided and truly do sympathize with the (relatively few - tiny) people who benefit I cannot see how it could possibly be net positive.
At the risk of sounding somewhat cold and calculating:
Is that worth the carbon emissions of the entire country of Argentina? How many people are dying from the resulting climate impact?
How many lives have been ruined from the gambling related to bitcoin? How many times have bitcoin forums had to post suicide hotline numbers?
How many criminal enterprises, oppressive governments (like North Korea), etc have been enabled by bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies from ransomware and countless, endless scams?
While I do acknowledge the use cases you’ve provided and truly do sympathize with the (relatively few - tiny) people who benefit I cannot see how it could possibly be net positive.