• alekwithak@lemmy.world
      1233·
      1 year ago

      Hate this argument. No one ever discusses Fiat currency’s environmental impact.

      *Which includes literally, actually destroying the Amazon rainforest.

      • evanuggetpi@lemmy.nz
        352·
        1 year ago

        Whataboutism. Bitcoin does not need to be proof of work. It’s horrendously inefficient.

            • commie@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
              32·
              1 year ago

              ethereum also has no supply cap. they are different technologies almost entirely.

              i would not call PoS bitcoin anything except p.o.s.

              there is still a pow blockchain running for ethereum, and there would be for bitcoin, too, and that is the blockchain i would call bitcoin.

      • Aabbcc@lemm.ee
        101·
        1 year ago

        They talk about it all the time and the impact is much, much less.

      • Emerald@lemmy.world
        77·
        1 year ago

        And not all crypto is proof of work, some is proof of stake, which actually isn’t too bad environmentally