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[–] Kennystillalive@feddit.org 49 points 2 weeks ago (45 children)

Yeah, but one is extra bad for our enviroment while being a scam.

[–] polle@feddit.org 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

That's what i thought, too. I would never believed if someone telled me some years ago that there will be another scam (ai) that wastes even more power.

[–] IphtashuFitz@lemmy.world 17 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Just wait until somebody proposes an AI powered blockchain…

[–] polle@feddit.org 5 points 2 weeks ago

💀. Thats darker than anything else.

[–] Furbag@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

The ultimate techbro venn diagram.

[–] bitjunkie@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Stop giving them ideas

[–] explodicle@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 weeks ago

I seriously thought your punchline was going to be the pacific garbage patch from all that extra consumption we've encouraged.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 10 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (24 children)

totally agree re bitcoin, and also am very sceptical of crypto as a mass-adopted currency in general

however there are plenty of networks that don’t use proof of work to validate their chains, and they aren’t bad for the environment to nearly the same degree

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

They are still very unstable and rely on some sort of consensus. It is flat out a bad design. It would be safer to pay with stocks.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

consensus is basically what all modern databases rely on… it’s not unstable; it has properties that need to be well known and accounted for

[–] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

The problem is using that for something world wide with no backing by anything material.

It is unstable by nature

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[–] sun@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 weeks ago

I am NOT a crypto fan, but not all cryptocurrencies are bad for the environment. Ethereum is proof of stake.

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