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		yboris on Feb 2, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ask HN: What's something that HN has been wrong ab... Can be, but isn't, right? What's the delay? It's been over a decade -- apparently the electricity consumption isn't a priority for the community.

adastra22 on Feb 2, 2023 [–]

Electricity consumption is the entire point of bitcoin and isn't going to change. It is what the security arguments are based on. Note that electric consumption of proof-of-work does not scale with usage though.

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