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[–] [email protected] 30 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (28 children)

Misleading title - the problem is not "crypto", it's pretty much all Bitcoin and the people against the change in the consensus mechanism. Out of the top ~~10~~ 9 coins in market cap, Bitcoin is the only one using proof of work, which demands such high energy requirements.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (32 children)

ah yes the 10th place - still, Doge is estimated to use ~1% of the energy Bitcoin uses and it's been in steady decline since the meme blew up.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 10 months ago

>it’s been in steady decline since the meme blew up.

it got a pretty big bump from elon a couple years back, but dogecoin is nearly perfect money. it isn't deflationary, it's cheap to transact, and the on-ramps are ubiquitous.

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