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Re:Show HN: I built a directory of resources for Bitcoin beg... by vouaobrasil on Saturday August 17, 2024 @07:29PM (#41278906)
> By your logic every industry sector that comsumes huge amounts of energy (and there are many) in the planet is evil.

Yes

> Hence your problem is not with Bitcoin, but with energy consumption or with our current power production grid.

I also have an additional problem with Bitcoin because it locks us in to using high amounts of energy. If it becomes a main currency then it's just one more think to lock us into using huge amounts of energy which in turn make it more likely to develop other harmful technologies.

> I'm not a big fan of the current power grid too, I think nuclear is the way to go.

No matter how clean energy is, it promotes further use of other resource in an unsustainable way.

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Re:Show HN: I built a directory of resources for Bitcoin beg... by thisconnect on Monday August 19, 2024 @02:04AM (#41288231)
Bitcoin does not require all that energy it actually protects itself by making it more difficult to mine when more energy is thrown at it. See difficulty adjustment.

But people will throw more energy at it in the future. There is no reason to put all unused energy into Bitcoin mining.

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