Love Andreas' work, but this sort of argument does nobody except the regulators any favors.
I should think the problem is too obvious to explain.
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As for energy consumption, the actual hole in the argument is that all currencies consume energy.
By orders of magnitude more than crypto.
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"CRYPTO POWER CONSUMPTION, oh no the environment!"
Wait until you hear how paper bills are produced, or how much power a server bank consumes.
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Anyway, why not relax with some nice retro-ish music on the topic? :)