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[–] 6 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Bitcoin wastes so much energy because it's proof of work based which to my understanding is basically a bunch of computers churning out answers competing to be "first and correct" in order to print coins.

I like the idea of decentralized currency but the current execution of cryptocurrency leaves much to be desired.

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  • [–] 1 point 7 months ago (2 children)

    The current execution of *bitcoin*, there's plenty of non pow cryptocurrencies 

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