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hlthe2b

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4. I agree. Whenever I point this out I get blasted by the condescending crew whose "defense" is always

Reply to paleotn (Reply #1)

Sat Mar 19, 2022, 10:02 AM

Mar 2022

that I'm just one of those "out-of-touch" Luddites or something of that nature.

I'm actually pretty informed on crypto and I refuse to turn a blind eye to the magnitude of problems it is creating.

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An Appalachian town was told a bitcoin mine would bring an economic boom. It got noise pollution and [View all] douglas9 Mar 2022 OP

Using gargantuan amounts of electricity to produce.... paleotn Mar 2022 #1

I agree. Whenever I point this out I get blasted by the condescending crew whose "defense" is always hlthe2b Mar 2022 #4

How do you mine for cryptocurrency? Isnt it virtual currency? Fullduplexxx Mar 2022 #2

My question too Demovictory9 Mar 2022 #3

Here is one of the better articles/explanations hlthe2b Mar 2022 #5