The worst thing is that it’s not even “the world deciding”, so far the Bitcoin community has been quite small. Just a small group of hyper enthusiasts seem to be enough to create disastrous effects.
You can have a very small (in relative numbers) community deciding for the rest of the world that dedicating all our energy to making them rich is the future and so far we don’t seem to be able to say “no”.
Proof of Work has been a horrible poisoned gift to the world.
> The problem is that intentional carbon emissions (as opposed to incidental ones) have not even been a thing in the past.
What about Bitcoin makes it more intentional than any other industry? The product is proof of work, not energy wasted. That's why miners keep making their machines more efficient at producing proof of work instead of simply building larger power supplies and electric heaters.
There's also nothing in Bitcoin that makes it favor fossil fuels over green energy.
You can have a very small (in relative numbers) community deciding for the rest of the world that dedicating all our energy to making them rich is the future and so far we don’t seem to be able to say “no”.
Proof of Work has been a horrible poisoned gift to the world.