@retroskunkette Be a waste of a fuckton of computing power, a microcosm of everything wrong with modern day economics, and just generally not that great an idea to begin with, TBH.
The fact it was largely latched on to by libertarians/ancaps doesn't help, either.
@retroskunkette Some guy from Japan who had no idea what he was getting himself into, IIRC.
And yeah. It's driving up the prices of said components, too. 8D
Throwing shade on bitcoin
@Thaminga I'm guessing the target audiance looks like this. https://awoo.space/media/2PSdDpVeK7s1vvS8Rdk
@Thaminga Ohh, right. Judging by the waste of computing power, a waste of components and, even worse, already straining fossil fuel reserves even more.
It's a mess. Who came up with that idea?!