We often mention the insane energy consumption of #bitcoin
, but not enough its insane electronic waste. Bitcoin eats 12 000 tons of custom hardware (useless for anything else) / year. This has a significant role in the current worldwide shortage on electronic components (wafers).https://twitter.com/davidgerard/status/1374302539919847425 …
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Replying to @FranckLeroy_
Not as insane as the plastic packaging most of the overly processed food and general supplies we buy at the supermarkets. Most of it can't be recycled and ends up in landfills. But we keep up this anyway. You know what fixes overconsumption of such products? It starts with a B
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Replying to @capoczino @FranckLeroy_
I love this argument, it's amazing "Sure, Bitcoin is itself a tremendous waste of resources, but have you considered it will also SAVE immense resources by causing a global economic recession and sending you back to a simple village life"
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Replying to @arthur_affect @FranckLeroy_
Great, people who think we need to return to a simple village life to safe the planet should buy Bitcoin then
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Replying to @capoczino @FranckLeroy_
Okay so put your money where your mouth is then Log off, sell all your electronic shit and put the money into BTC mining stock, roll up your sleeves and go outside and start tilling those fields for planting season You're gonna need the practice
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Replying to @arthur_affect @FranckLeroy_
Little you know I actually work the field on my land. I can enjoy both worlds you know. One does not exclude the other.
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It does when Bitcoin drives the price of electricity and electronics into the stratosphere
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I’d like to buy a videocard on occasion, for its intended purpose.
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