Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoOver 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoinarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square150fedilinkarrow-up1429arrow-down132cross-posted to: news@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscyberpunk@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
arrow-up1397arrow-down1external-linkOver 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoinarstechnica.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square150fedilinkcross-posted to: news@hexbear.nettechnology@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanscyberpunk@lemmy.mltech@kbin.social
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down19·9 months agoSomeone’s never bought drugs off the internet…
minus-squarePips@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up8arrow-down4·9 months agoJust because you can buy drugs with bitcoin doesn’t mean that those two things work the same.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·9 months agoDid I say Bitcoin?
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·9 months agoNo, but some people don’t know Monero and can’t grasp the possibilities that are available now, but haven’t been thought of before 🤷♂
minus-squareassassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoWhat a great reason to create carbon emissions.
minus-squareprole@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-29 months agoMonero is ASIC resistant and therefore uses orders of magnitude less power than Bitcoin.
Someone’s never bought drugs off the internet…
Just because you can buy drugs with bitcoin doesn’t mean that those two things work the same.
Did I say Bitcoin?
No, but some people don’t know Monero and can’t grasp the possibilities that are available now, but haven’t been thought of before 🤷♂
What a great reason to create carbon emissions.
Monero is ASIC resistant and therefore uses orders of magnitude less power than Bitcoin.