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2. Not to mention the huge amount of greenhouse gasses produced from the electricity - the same

Reply to Eugene (Original post)

Wed Aug 3, 2022, 07:02 PM

Aug 2022

as the entire country of Greece, the latest I read. Its also of a scale that is a big problem for some grids.

The electricity is consumed solving stupid puzzles -- it's deliberately meant to be a costly exercise so as to not create too much cryptocurrency and thus depreciate the currency. This is literally f***ing insane in a world that is clearly heating up because of greenhouse gasses.

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Time to ditch the crypto in favor of NFTs - they'll be safe bucolic_frolic Aug 2022 #1

Not to mention the huge amount of greenhouse gasses produced from the electricity - the same progree Aug 2022 #2