[olalonde]

Indeed, money printing is a hidden tax on all currency holders. That's partly why Bitcoin is appealing to many people.

[knorker]

Printing more bitcoin is a tax on everyone and their electricity costs, their environment, and the existence of free tier compute.

[olalonde]

Bitcoin mining in itself doesn't damage the environment. It's the electricity generation that sometime does, but that's not a problem unique to Bitcoin. Bitcoin works perfectly fine with clean energy.

[knorker]

Whataboutism will not convince anyone.

The rest is advanced mental gymnastics. It's hard to convince someone when their greed depends on them not understanding it.

[olalonde]

I am not trying to convince anyone, just stating facts.