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by mnouquet 1863 days ago
> Electricity for heating

It could be argued that straight resistive heating is inefficient compared to using a heat pump, so on, it might not be that legitimate

> for entertainment

You don't need to use electricity to entertain yourself. Worth, why would you entertain yourself when you can think relentlessly about the betterment of Peoplekind.

> a better solution would be to target the exchanges

Crypto don't need exchanges to survive.

> Cycling through other currencies would then be treated like any other form of money laundering

Then Wall-Street traders would be the first to go to jail. Soros made his fortune betting against the british pound.

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>€ Cycling through other currencies would then be treated like any other form of money laundering

>Then Wall-Street traders would be the first to go to jail. Soros made his fortune betting against the british pound.

This seems like a complete non-sequitur. What has soros’s bet got to do with money laundering?

> What has soros’s bet got to do with money laundering?

Did you read (and understand) the original comment ? It read:

> Cycling through other currencies* would then be treated like any other form of money laundering

Soros cycled through currencies while at war with the BoE, applying OP comment, it would then have to be treated as money laundering if applied to fiat currencies.

> it would then have to be treated as money laundering if applied to fiat currencies.

Sure but where is anyone talking about applying this to fiat currencies?

This seems like a red herring.