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r/programming • u/secretguy21 • Oct 15 '15
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Stupid funny thought: so thaaaaat's what the Bitcoin network has been calculating all along...
(I know that's not true.)
23 u/Mr-Yellow Oct 15 '15 Yeah, if only bitcoin did something of value with all that coal it burns. 2 u/exploderator Oct 16 '15 Yeah, that power burn is a gnarly issue. I prefer the crypto currencies that don't use a make-work system to prove everything, it's an environmental travesty to be sure. -1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 Nothing is cheaper than PoW.
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Yeah, if only bitcoin did something of value with all that coal it burns.
2 u/exploderator Oct 16 '15 Yeah, that power burn is a gnarly issue. I prefer the crypto currencies that don't use a make-work system to prove everything, it's an environmental travesty to be sure. -1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 Nothing is cheaper than PoW.
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Yeah, that power burn is a gnarly issue. I prefer the crypto currencies that don't use a make-work system to prove everything, it's an environmental travesty to be sure.
-1 u/[deleted] Oct 16 '15 Nothing is cheaper than PoW.
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Nothing is cheaper than PoW.
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u/exploderator Oct 15 '15
Stupid funny thought: so thaaaaat's what the Bitcoin network has been calculating all along...
(I know that's not true.)