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		celticninja on Feb 21, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: When Bitcoin miners take over a town (2018) >Bitcoin solves a problem for almost nobody. Same as Facebook or Twitter or Instagram. They may use less power but their negative influence is far greater.

Tycho on Feb 21, 2021 | [–]

What negative effects are those?

edem on Feb 21, 2021 | | [–]

https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224

sabhiram on Feb 22, 2021 | | | [–]

aah the irony lol

ForHackernews on Feb 21, 2021 | [–]

Is this supposed to be some reductio ad absurdum? Shut down bitcoin and social media. Humanity is better off without either.

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