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by jschwartzi 1716 days ago
Bitcoin isn’t exciting because it doesn’t solve very many problems relative to the massive energy expenditure needed to create it. It’s like a fire at an oil well or a gas pipeline break. The arguments for why we should use it remind me a lot of arguments for why this year is the year of the Linux desktop. Bitcoin may be eating a lot of speculation but I can’t buy beans with it.