Flying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 years agoWe live in the future!lemmy.worldimagemessage-square293linkfedilinkarrow-up11.84Karrow-down162cross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
arrow-up11.78Karrow-down1imageWe live in the future!lemmy.worldFlying Squid@lemmy.world to Political Memes@lemmy.world · 3 years agomessage-square293linkfedilinkcross-posted to: programmer_humor@programming.dev
minus-squarealekwithak@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down46·3 years agoHate this argument. No one ever discusses Fiat currency’s environmental impact. *Which includes literally, actually destroying the Amazon rainforest.
minus-squareevanuggetpi@lemmy.nzdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up46arrow-down2·3 years agoWhataboutism. Bitcoin does not need to be proof of work. It’s horrendously inefficient.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4arrow-down22·3 years agoBitcoin does need to be proof of work. any system without that isn’t bitcoin.
minus-squareevanuggetpi@lemmy.nzdeleted by creatorlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·3 years agoIs Ethereum any less Ethereum since moving to PoS? Of course not.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down3·3 years agoethereum also has no supply cap. they are different technologies almost entirely. i would not call PoS bitcoin anything except p.o.s. there is still a pow blockchain running for ethereum, and there would be for bitcoin, too, and that is the blockchain i would call bitcoin.
minus-squarecommie@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agothat’s just like your opinion man
minus-squareZoot@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoI’m surprised you even got the comment. I deleted it seconds after sending since I realized this is a 2y post
minus-squareAabbcc@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down1·3 years agoThey talk about it all the time and the impact is much, much less.
minus-squareEmerald (she/her)@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down8·3 years agoAnd not all crypto is proof of work, some is proof of stake, which actually isn’t too bad environmentally
Hate this argument. No one ever discusses Fiat currency’s environmental impact.
*Which includes literally, actually destroying the Amazon rainforest.
Whataboutism. Bitcoin does not need to be proof of work. It’s horrendously inefficient.
Bitcoin does need to be proof of work. any system without that isn’t bitcoin.
Is Ethereum any less Ethereum since moving to PoS? Of course not.
ethereum also has no supply cap. they are different technologies almost entirely.
i would not call PoS bitcoin anything except p.o.s.
there is still a pow blockchain running for ethereum, and there would be for bitcoin, too, and that is the blockchain i would call bitcoin.
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that’s just like your opinion man
I’m surprised you even got the comment. I deleted it seconds after sending since I realized this is a 2y post
They talk about it all the time and the impact is much, much less.
And not all crypto is proof of work, some is proof of stake, which actually isn’t too bad environmentally