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		stavros on Nov 22, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bitcoin Mining Now Consuming More Electricity Than... Good point, so Bitcoin is actually killing no people, and we need to stop that other industry asap.

imtringued on Nov 23, 2017 [–]

The excess electricity could be used to burn less coal.

stavros on Nov 23, 2017 | [–]

Sure, but we could also game less to burn less coal. I hardly think Bitcoin is the most useless thing we do with energy.

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