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Probably not. Currency isn't a search engine. It's a fundamental piece of an efficient economy. There's a reason we went to fiat currencies. I like a lot of things about bitcoin actually. I want to see an energy based currency evolve (without the actual expenditure of energy). That currency can basically be a formula that calculates value based on energy consumption and output. I think something like that would allow for a more sustainable economy.

Electricity Backed Currency: https://papers.ssrn.com/soL3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1802166




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