04-08-2021, 02:23 AM
Our counter narrative about Bitcoins energy usage is extremely flawed. We need do ac
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Everyone here screams "<strong>Gold is worse! Look how mining gold is bad for the environment!</strong>" but people forget that you need a shit ton of <strong>Hardware build with RARE EARTH MATERIALS LIKE GOLD</strong> to mine Bitcoin.Even if you mine Bitcoin with 100% clean energy, you still need a massive amount of Hardware and you need to update it every couple years because it gets harder to mine! This is a massive problem of Bitcoins Proof of Work system and ignoring it will not make it go away.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kontikulus"> /u/Kontikulus </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mlx9lq/our_counter_narrative_about_bitcoins_energy_usage/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mlx9lq/our_counter_narrative_about_bitcoins_energy_usage/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R
<!-- SC_OFF --><div class="md"><p>Everyone here screams "<strong>Gold is worse! Look how mining gold is bad for the environment!</strong>" but people forget that you need a shit ton of <strong>Hardware build with RARE EARTH MATERIALS LIKE GOLD</strong> to mine Bitcoin.Even if you mine Bitcoin with 100% clean energy, you still need a massive amount of Hardware and you need to update it every couple years because it gets harder to mine! This is a massive problem of Bitcoins Proof of Work system and ignoring it will not make it go away.</p> </div><!-- SC_ON --> submitted by <a href="https://www.reddit.com/user/Kontikulus"> /u/Kontikulus </a> <br/> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mlx9lq/our_counter_narrative_about_bitcoins_energy_usage/">[link]</a></span> <span><a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/CryptoCurrency/comments/mlx9lq/our_counter_narrative_about_bitcoins_energy_usage/">[comments]</a></span>Kind Regards R