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This is not even touching the fact that bitcoin and similar currencies are a danger for the environment. They spend huge amounts of energy that are helping destroy the planet. The longer this scam goes on, the more damage will happen to the world.


>They spend huge amounts of energy that are helping destroy the planet

This sounds extremely ignorant, Bitcoin essentially has accomplished a _trustless_ transfer of value, globally and at very low costs (even considering the extraordinary fees right now). This is just the cost of that...


It’s worth noting that most modern cryptocurrencies consumes minimal energy as they are not based on the same technology of Bitcoin (proof of work)


so what are going to do about this?




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