i should be smarter than to argue with bitcoin maximalists about the energy intensity of bitcoin, but seriously, technologists, the industry has a problem with energy usage *even at this scale*. if it 'actually' scaled to replace everything it would be catastrophic.
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Out of the 0.083%, about half is for mining and the other half goes to raging at doubters
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I consider handwringing about the energy used in Proof of Waste to be special pleading Bitcoin isn't different from any other demand for energy, there are a number of strategies for reducing carbon emission and sequestering it from the atmosphere, we should do all of them
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you don't want to start down the road of deciding what market applications for energy are "worthy", someone out there isn't going to like one that you rely on
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“Actually, burning tires in my backyard is a negligible fraction of global air pollution”
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