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Re:Harvard supercomputing cluster hijacked to mine Dogecoin by fnordfnordfnord on Friday February 21, 2014 @03:46PM (#7279307)
I wonder if the energy spent moving/securing bitcoin is more or less than the energy we spend moving/securing cash/credit. Driving armored trucks full of cash and coins around isn't free. Nor is it free to keep the regular banking system's electronic infrastructure running.
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Re:Harvard supercomputing cluster hijacked to mine Dogecoin by iLoch on Friday February 21, 2014 @05:01PM (#7279735)
Not a whole lot of energy spent writing a key to a USB stick and putting it in a safety deposit box.
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