• x00z@lemmy.world
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    4 days ago

    Any Proof of Work coin is just stupid when you can use that power to do something better.

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      4 days ago

      Its doing something pretty fucking useful. Verifying transactions using wayyyy less energy than banks use

      • afk@lemmy.world
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        4 days ago

        But you would contribute less than nothing with a normal pc for this. If you’ve got an ASIC miner that supports sha256 you’re probably already mining bitcoin so why even mention it here?