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by loarake 4589 days ago
I don't get the argument. The power requirement of running the entire world's monetary infrastructure is probably much bigger, no?
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Yep that is true. The author discusses this here: http://www.oditorium.com/ou/2013/04/krugman-bitcoin-resource...
That's kind of a weird post - it conflates very different things. Mining burns power to protect against a specific class of attack, not any and all attacks. Bitcoin isn't magically immune to heists, and physical protection may be slightly easier (in that you don't need physical access as frequently) but no less necessary for large wallets.