Bitcoin received a lot of backslash due to its power usage and ecological footprint. It's obvious that HN users don't have the same criticisms towards AI data centers. Maybe someone with a short position will coordinate that communication soon..

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pawelmurias a day ago | parent | next [-]

Bitcoin was just purely wasting power for a token only used for crime and speculation.

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k33n 20 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It’s worth noting that the ideological drive to create more energy-neutral crypto schemes resulted in trillions of dollars in fraud and no value created. Same as it always is with climate extremism. Always a cash grab.

	▲	goatlover 19 hours ago \| parent [-]
		What is climate extremism? Because it doesn't seem like the world is actually doing much to combat climate change as we see more fires and more extreme weather while still clinging to the old fossil fuel economy as long as possible.