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sandworm101
3122 days ago
These numbers are far beyond the energy required for trucks hauling cash. And they dont fully account for the truck-type energy to build and manage the bcoin mining industry.
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jackpeterfletch
3122 days ago
We're starting to stop using cash anyway though right? Regardless of blockchain.
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Joeboy
3122 days ago
> truck-type energy
I think "embodied energy" is the technical term for that.
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lawlessone
3122 days ago
There's also the creation of the cash, printing or melting. and the resource extraction for it.
The losses due to counterfeiting.
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