See the way bitcoin works is anyone who wants to run a node on the network can just start without asking anyone for anything, or even letting anyone know they are starting.
There is no door you can bang on to stop new users from joining. There is no server you can bring down to prevent people from joining.
> It does not really matter if it's 2 miles or 2 million miles per bitcoin transaction.
This kind of comparison is flawed: Tesla was made for efficient mileage from electricity, but Bitcoin never aimed at transactions that require little electricity. You could compare an electric kettle to a smartphone and say that electric kettles are really bad because you could talk on the phone for 50 years instead of boiling water for some tea. ( If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. )
> Edit: You would end up burning even more if you tried to stop it.
Based on the above and other properties of bitcoin, it would not be cost free at all to try and stop it. I am convinced that the costs related to attempts to stop bitcoin would be much higher than the costs required to leave it be.
> We’re generally concerned with comments being progressively more detailed as the discussion gets progressively more decisive.
Yeah I'd too appreciate if the debate here was more than yeah just tax it bro, they gotta cash out bro
> You cannot stop bitcoin.
See the way bitcoin works is anyone who wants to run a node on the network can just start without asking anyone for anything, or even letting anyone know they are starting. There is no door you can bang on to stop new users from joining. There is no server you can bring down to prevent people from joining.
> It does not really matter if it's 2 miles or 2 million miles per bitcoin transaction.
This kind of comparison is flawed: Tesla was made for efficient mileage from electricity, but Bitcoin never aimed at transactions that require little electricity. You could compare an electric kettle to a smartphone and say that electric kettles are really bad because you could talk on the phone for 50 years instead of boiling water for some tea. ( If you don't believe me or don't get it, I don't have time to try to convince you, sorry. )
> Edit: You would end up burning even more if you tried to stop it.
Based on the above and other properties of bitcoin, it would not be cost free at all to try and stop it. I am convinced that the costs related to attempts to stop bitcoin would be much higher than the costs required to leave it be.
> We’re generally concerned with comments being progressively more detailed as the discussion gets progressively more decisive.
Yeah I'd too appreciate if the debate here was more than yeah just tax it bro, they gotta cash out bro