Again, that isnt my point. My point is questioning how one defines what a waste of energy is.
Satoshi Nakamoto (whoever he/she/they is), in this instance defined it, as they explicitly designed Bitcoin to waste energy. That's how it works.
Again, that isnt my point. My point is questioning how one defines what a waste of energy is.
Again, that isnt my point. My point is questioning how one defines what a waste of energy is.
Satoshi Nakamoto (whoever he/she/they is), in this instance defined it, as they explicitly designed Bitcoin to waste energy. That's how it works.
Well as you suggest and therefore know, via a myriad of factors, but one of those factors is amount of energy used. All the 'hobbies' you mention - and others - use pittance compared.
Arguably most energy is wasted since what's used on essential services would be quite minimal I imagine.
The fact that there's a conversation here about it just shows the impact of Bitcoin on energy use. You're probably the first person ever to question fountains and model railways.
Again, you are still missing the point. What is a "waste" of energy?
The energy used still does something. It mines bitcoins for the blockchain. That is putting the energy to use.
The question is whether you define that use as a waste or not.
The energy does not mine bitcoins. You seem to not understand how the system works. The energy is wasted by definition, the algorithm is simply a means of proving how much energy has been wasted. The network then awards new coins based on who wasted the most energy.
It is horrendously inefficient, because it was designed to be horrendously inefficient. That's the problem with it.
*sigh* You obviously dont understand my point. You just saying it is "wasted" over and over again shows that.
The energy is still used for something. It is used to power the gpu's to carry out the calculations.
The notion of whether that is a "waste" is entirely subjective when compared to the myriad of other things humans use electricity for.
I give up. If you want to advocate for Bitcoin you should probably go read up on how it works!
Back to stocks....
I know how it works. The electricity use in question is used to power the hardware that verifies the transactions and tries to solve (well, guess) the hexadecimal "problem" for the reward.
Just to point out - i am not advocating for Bitcoin or even saying i personally dont agree it is a waste of electricity.
I am simply saying that it seems unfair to single it out, when electricity gets wasted the world over, and some of the same people ***** on bitcoin likely have never batted an eyelid to other myriad of wasteful (electricity wise) things they and everyone else does.
Goto the bitcoin thread, this is stocks and it's been nothing but bitcoin chat for the last ten posts or so
Goto the bitcoin thread, this is stocks and it's been nothing but bitcoin chat for the last ten posts or so
Was expecting red today due to gains last week.but my 3 holdings are all green.
Really glad I didn't switch to USA tech like I was thinking last month
I think CBX will raise in value closer to september product launch, I will be holding until then.
I think CBX will raise in value closer to september product launch, I will be holding until then.
I'm going to hold them long term. Mine have gone in value though due to the price increase for when my purchase went through, but not gonna panic about it yet.