Re:Never use a URL shortening service – even if you own it
by lambdaba on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:24PM
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I don't understand the climate change comment - not yours specifically, it is common. If POW blockchains are genuinely useful (perhaps indispensable) in this way, why does it matter if it "costs" some emissions to keep in running while also providing orders of magnitude more value that would go into... reducing emissions.
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Re:Never use a URL shortening service – even if you own it
by drewbug01 on Sunday February 19, 2023 @12:37PM
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> providing orders of magnitude more value
That’s the reason you keep hearing the argument: proof-of-work blockchain technology has not yet demonstrated that it provides “orders of magnitude more value.”
Re:Never use a URL shortening service – even if you own it
by JohnFen on Sunday February 19, 2023 @01:42PM
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Because the cost is well in excess of the value, and the value won't go into reducing emissions. In effect, it's just people destroying the environment in order to line their own pockets. That's the game we need to change everywhere.