> Has anybody ever considered the idea of doing otherwise-useful CPU work
> with the power currently expended by computing hashes in Bitcoin mining?
> The most obvious application would be weather forecasting: It could use a
> huge amount of computation, on a continuously ongoing basis, and is
>
The only reason bitcoin is an energy waste is because of the development
and publicity situation.
There are numerous solutions to making cryptocurrency energy-linear and
appropriately anonymous, but these are all used by altchains rather than
bitcoin core.
It's notable that people might trust
https://www.aier.org/article/bitcoin-and-a-lesson-in-electricity-markets/
On 9/27/20, jim bell wrote:
> I occasionally mention my idea, from a few years ago, that the "work", as in
> "proof of work" for coins like Bitcoin, could be shifted to weather
> forecasting, from finding specific hashes.
> Not that I know how to implement that!!! But my idea is, we will
grarpamp wrote:
> > While I must admit that I am no longer a fan of crypto
> > currencies (huge global energy resources waste IMHO)
>
> And what analysis are people basing that on?
Please do a Google search with this string:
'crypto currency global energy waste' and you will
find various
On Saturday, September 26, 2020, 08:42:20 PM PDT, grarpamp
wrote:
On 9/26/20, Stefan Claas wrote:
>> https://decrypt.co/43000/no-internet-no-problem-venezuela-gets-bitcoin-satellite-node
On 9/26/20, Stefan Claas wrote:
>> https://decrypt.co/43000/no-internet-no-problem-venezuela-gets-bitcoin-satellite-node
It's also uplifting to see the speed that some of the
crypto food, charity, and monetary networks are able to
help provide options and solutions to troubled regions.
The
