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"It's the responsible thing to do to mitigate to the extent you can," says

climate pledge. "There are only two major cryptocurrencies that have large energy usage. It's #bitcoin and #ethereum...proof of work is where all the energy usage comes from."

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ok sorry this was really poorly phrased -- the fact that it takes energy is a downside to it it's also the security mechanism, so it's not clear what it would mean to say 'PoW without energy usage' sorry about that, I get that this seems contradictory!

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Littlefinger

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It‘s literally the upside to it. Come on man.

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If you can't propose an alternative that is equally as secure, maybe you shouldn't be on TV shitting on PoW

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You still don't get it Sam 😄

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I THINK YOU’RE MISSING THE BALL HERE

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The energy is converted directly into network security. Anything else is a perpetual motion machine. It’s what makes a decentralised, permissionless currency possible.