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Bitcoin miners win legal battle to keep mum about energy use [US] (www.theverge.com)
submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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[–] c0mbatbag3l 11 points 9 months ago (3 children)

A fraction of what it takes for thousands of machines to perform rework of the same problem.

This isn't the good argument you think it is.

[–] O_i 4 points 9 months ago

Bitcoin miners aren’t doing re work, they mine the next block of thousands of transactions.

There’s also the other side of the conversation that over 51% of the network uses green energy.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 9 months ago

Here is an alternative Piped link(s):

This isn't the good argument you think it is.

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[–] [email protected] -5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

NFTs aren't bitcoin lmao. Nice try though.

[–] c0mbatbag3l 6 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Damn, if you'd actually watched the video you'd know he spends about 40 minutes covering the issues with crypto as it's crucial to understanding NFTs.

Nice try, though.