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0 pointsDaishiman5y ago0 comments

There was no comment about BTC difficulty. It's a comment about the pernicious impact of BTC on the world with practically no benefit to show for it.

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hddu5y ago

Yeah, and the truth is Bitcoin doesn't have negative impact on the world. Miners do.

This is kind of like the old joke that falling from a great height is perfectly safe, it's only landing that's dangerous.

Almost everything in Bitcoin was intentionally designed around mining.

jrv5y ago

But Bitcoin can't exist without miners...

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