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by ben_w 1396 days ago
Depends.

Cryptocurrencies are (or at least the famous one is) deliberately inefficient. Most of the times I've brought this up or seen someone else bring it up, a bitcoin fan insists this is a selling point. If so, it's only going to get worse unless it's banned.

OTOH if you meant cryptography, then quite possibly yes.