smallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agoBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.caexternal-linkmessage-square367fedilinkarrow-up1835arrow-down1124file-text
arrow-up1711arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin is Stupid and Does Not Deserve an Emoji (blog post)thedabbler.patatas.casmallpatatas@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-24 months agomessage-square367fedilinkfile-text
35 crypto companies got together to make a change dot org petition called “Bitcoin Deserves an Emoji”. F that
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down5·4 months ago You practically use the energy output of a nuclear reactor to process transactions. Every time you pay with your credit card or use an ATM the same thing happen, with the difference that you are not using a decentralized and open source service.
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·4 months agoIncorrect. I don’t use the output of a small town. You use power but nowhere near what cryptocurrencies require.
minus-squareindex@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down6·4 months ago I don’t use the output of a small town. I think you are literally using that since ATM are open 24h
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·4 months agoPlease go look up the power usage of the two things and then come back and actually talk to me rather than just making stuff up because you like it. An ATM uses a dribble of power compared to a server
Every time you pay with your credit card or use an ATM the same thing happen, with the difference that you are not using a decentralized and open source service.
Incorrect. I don’t use the output of a small town. You use power but nowhere near what cryptocurrencies require.
I think you are literally using that since ATM are open 24h
Please go look up the power usage of the two things and then come back and actually talk to me rather than just making stuff up because you like it.
An ATM uses a dribble of power compared to a server