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Surgeon/scientist promoting science in medicine and exposing quackery. Editor of Science-Based Medicine. My opinions do NOT represent those of my employers.

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    David Gorski, MD, PhD‏Verified account @gorskon 21 Oct 2020

    David Gorski, MD, PhD Retweeted Tom Gara

    Holy crap! I realized that blockchain used a lot of power, but I had no idea it was anywhere this much.https://twitter.com/tomgara/status/1318636297070825475 …

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    Tom GaraVerified account @tomgara
    "Bitcoin and Ethereum are now using up the same amount of electricity as the whole of Austria. Carrying out a payment with Visa requires about 0.002 kilowatt-hours; the same payment with bitcoin uses up 906 kWh, more than half a million times as much" https://thecorrespondent.com/655/blockchain-the-amazing-solution-for-almost-nothing/86714927310-8f431cae …
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      2. Take that, Avogadro  💉 💉‏ @6x10E23 21 Oct 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        So does Netflix

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      3. Rico Martin‏ @Ricolo1801 21 Oct 2020
        Replying to @6x10E23 @gorskon

        When I used bitcoin to pay for netflixpic.twitter.com/K8k8rd8ObN

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      2. Dan‏ @Eodyne1 21 Oct 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        Man the replies to that tweet it's a freaking cult.

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      1. Don‏ @Don_Leahy 21 Oct 2020
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        A stupid waste of resources.

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      2. Dr. John Grohol‏Verified account @DocJohnG 21 Oct 2020
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        And this is, when not used in conjunction with renewable energy, the primary argument against blockchain. It is a horrid natural resource hog. And there really is no solution for it. But what do you expect? Developers don't think about these things when coding.

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      3. Antibodies Against Kookery‏ @AgainstKookery 21 Oct 2020
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        The primary argument against blockchain is that it's a slow database that doesn't solve any real-world problems. The primary argument against Bitcoin is that it's basically a group of people trying to pump the price so they can eventually sell to a bigger sucker.

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      1. Aad Groeneveld - Translator, former dogwalker‏ @AadGroeneveld1 21 Oct 2020
        Replying to @gorskon

        Not just blockchain, the cloud does too:https://youtu.be/OiPoR9OvD0Y 

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      1. Cy Husain  🌹‏ @CyHusain 21 Oct 2020
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        It's an energy consuming Ponzi scheme❗ https://www.sec.gov/files/ia_virtualcurrencies.pdf …

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      2. David Stephenson‏ @stephend50 21 Oct 2020
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        maybe we should tax blockchain based on its power usage?

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      3. Drphilgood, PhD, MD, FRCS‏ @DrPhilG00d 21 Oct 2020
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        Yeah, it's called paying a power bill.

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