why do you care so much about that? NFTs are basically dead already and crypto is still somewhat niche

like, why does it even matter? I doubt the energy usage is anywhere near AI workloads running today

Setting aside any utility it might have, crypto has lots of negative externalities besides energy usage. The event under discussion, for example.

	▲	npoc 8 hours ago \| parent [-]
		In what way is energy usage in creating money a negative? e.g. If money took no energy to create, what would it be worth? What if you limited its effortless creation to just a few people? What do you think about the enormous energy usage (far more than bitcoin) in mining gold?