I’ve heard people say both: “Bitcoin wastes energy” and “bitcoin is just computers that can be hacked”. They don’t seem to connect the line and see that the “wasted” energy is instead used to secure the ledger. It’s like saying that a reinforced steel door wastes metal because you have a door at home that doesn’t use as much.
Gm nostriches, seeing all those Christmas lights everywhere, wondering how the “Bitcoin uses more energy than Finland” FUD is going. Pretty sure no one is able to settle a billion dollars without third party risk with their Christmas tree light network?
But never mind that environmentalist bullshit, although may run some numbers today, I think we have a cool 10x over the lights now that LEDs are widespread. So, how’s about some other measures for comparison;
How many friends have you made over a shared interest in Christmas lights? How many Christmas light memes have you been sent, ever? How many fiat mine jobs have been quit due to new opportunities opened up by Christmas lights?
Don’t believe the FUD, we got this and the more energy usage the better, you’ve just got to remember nostr:npub1hxwmegqcfgevu4vsfjex0v3wgdyz8jtlgx8ndkh46t0lphtmtsnsuf40pf, zero carbon dioxide emitted by them miners. The only people who say this don’t really understand energy. 🫡🙌
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🫡🙌 that’s a great analogy!
Great analogy for why Bitcoin needs to use lots of energy. Energy usage is a good thing when it does an important job!!!
'People' which use news from 'the news' most of the time don't think. They just repeat like mantras.
No criticality or agency, ‘people’ are quite often dumb sheep!
Yes. But they still take part in shaping 'society' since they are allowed to vote and reenforce the 'news'.
If someone uses those arguments from 'news' I operate different now than in the past. Now I'm not trying to tell them the 'news' is BS but I let them ask questions. If they are not able to question there's no reason to go on further for me and I leave them be.
I just noted here because it annoyed me really when people I talked to used those news arguments. Sometimes it did upset me too much. But as soon as you see through the lens of the manipulator it becomes clear and easy to digest.