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		heterodoxxed on Feb 10, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index > The U.S. government can print as much dollars as they want, whereas BTC cannot. In a macroeconomic sense, this is a strength of the dollar and a weakness of Bitcoin.

shawnz on Feb 10, 2021 [–]

It is a strength of the dollar as a fiat currency, but that doesn't mean it would be a good thing for every asset class to behave that way.

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