• Victoria Antoinette
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    -96 months ago

    the whole Blockchain could be run by two raspberry pis, and the cap is still limited to 21million. I suspect you don’t know what you’re talking about

    • @[email protected]
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      106 months ago

      It could be. I explained why it isn’t. Why don’t you offer an alternative hypothesis for why so much power is used?

      • Victoria Antoinette
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        -36 months ago

        it’s used because because more machines areining than 2 raspberry pis

          • Victoria Antoinette
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            -36 months ago

            three raspberry pis would also use more power than 2. it doesn’t mean that Bitcoin is designed to waste power. it means people are willing to spend energy on mining

              • Victoria Antoinette
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                -26 months ago

                not for a common good, but the other two can hardly be said to be altruistic either.

                  • Victoria Antoinette
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                    -26 months ago

                    this is true of any other commodity extraction operation, though. lumbering, mining, fishing…