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Re:Speculation About The Eventual Death Of Bitcoin by karmakaze on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:16PM (#9579366)
This aspect is only temporary while they're being minted.
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Re:Speculation About The Eventual Death Of Bitcoin by Dylan16807 on Wednesday May 20, 2015 @05:54PM (#9579581)
Unless bitcoin collapses there will always be huge amounts of energy wasted on mining, because the miner fees kick in as people compete to have their transactions recorded.
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