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.
they're *entirely decoupled*? help me out here. why are the transaction prices so high? and that's with the block rewards being subsidized by mining. after mining ends the network is secured with the same investment in hardware burning the same energy. fees will increasepic.twitter.com/Bvog1WBF4M
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this is correct. this says nothing about how scale and energy usage intersect, which was what your original tweet is about.
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