@misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 5 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square363fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarelobotomolinkfedilinkEnglish-2•5 months agoYes, all those dollars that get pulled out of the earth by the blood sweat and tears of miners? What are you talking about. If there are coins that don’t need mining why are we wasting electricity (or anything really)on the ones that do.
minus-square@Varyk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglish2•5 months ago? I don’t get it, you sound combative but are reiterating my point.
minus-square@parpol@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglish1•5 months ago Yes, all those dollars that get pulled out of the earth by the blood sweat and tears of miners? You mean the nickel and copper mines?
Yes, all those dollars that get pulled out of the earth by the blood sweat and tears of miners?
What are you talking about. If there are coins that don’t need mining why are we wasting electricity (or anything really)on the ones that do.
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I don’t get it, you sound combative but are reiterating my point.
You mean the nickel and copper mines?