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A comment on Napkin math suggests Bitcoin will perish unless its mining incentives change. Parent comment

Re:Napkin math suggests Bitcoin will perish unless its minin... by lern_too_spel on Wednesday August 14, 2024 @12:13PM (#41247715)
If global finance ran on Bitcoin instead of on bank ledgers, all that energy would still need to be spent, but then an astronomical amount more energy would be spent on transaction processing on top.
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