[lostlogin]

Or we could use that power for something a little more practical which we can’t do without.

[thebean11]

Are you advocating for some sort of central authority who regulates what individuals use power for?

[zepto]

We already have that for large classes of equipment.

[thebean11]

And you want to extend that to any device that plugs into an outlet?

Just trying to get your position straight here.

[zepto]

It already does, if a particular regulated activity involves plugging devices into outlets.

> Just trying to get your position straight here.

What else might we think you were doing?

[thebean11]

> It already does, if a particular regulated activity involves plugging devices into outlets.

Can you be more specific about the existing regulated activities you're talking about? I don't get your point but I might just be missing something here. AFAIK, the reasons for existing regulations on "activities or devices" are not related to electrical usage..

[emteycz]

What we? These are individuals, each with their own goals. Give them some other business opportunity and I'm sure they'll jump on it - it just needs to be as good as Bitcoin.

[smabie]

My (and others) livelihood depends on the existence of crypto currency. Seems pretty practical to me.