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Re:I Am Tired of AI by Ferret7446 on Saturday September 28, 2024 @02:48PM (#41682193)
How do you measure the value of bitcoin, if not by its market cap? Do you interview everyone and ask them how much they're willing to pay for a service that allows them to transfer money digitally without institutional oversight/bureaucracy?
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by __loam on Saturday September 28, 2024 @11:08PM (#41684557)
The amount of power being used to support a system that can do 5 transactions a second is disgusting.
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by Ferret7446 on Sunday September 29, 2024 @03:07AM (#41685463)
As opposed to what other system that can do a single transaction in any time frame without individual or organizational interdiction?
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Re:I Am Tired of AI by __loam on Monday September 30, 2024 @09:40PM (#41703896)
As opposed to financial systems that actually work and are used by millions of people.
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