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adestefan
on Nov 8, 2014
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A Bitcoin mine went up in flames, affecting the en...
Wow it did actually go up in flames. I thought that was just going to be hyperbole in the title, but I was incorrect.
bfe
on Nov 8, 2014
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Me too. Add fires to energy consumption among the perverse results skeptics will harp on for the arbitrary constraints imposed by bitcoin.
mintplant
on Nov 9, 2014
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Are you saying that energy consumption isn't a problem? Why not?
mpyne
on Nov 9, 2014
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Because the blockchain is awesome and the government is bad. They'd use bubble sort, efficiency be damned, if they could find a way to keep the bankers out of it.
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