[sova]

You are right, the comparison is based on a faulty premise: the premise that current money minting doesn't consume energy.

You are very kind to point out that the pursuit of money is not an end-goal at all, and it would be great if a lot of these young bucks who made it big on bitcoin were investing their earnings into furthering the globe, instead of just living lavishly.

[albertgoeswoof]

A lot of the bitcoin wealth is going straight into ICOs, which do free up capital for innovation, in theory

[sova]

That is true! ICOs that have novel purposes are certainly welcome to the world. One day I'd like to make my own cryptocoin for my site so there can be a mini ecosystem / economy there, too.