misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square359fedilinkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down7·1 年前the specifications of the bitcoin protocol require proof of work. using the market cap to dictate what the protocol specification should be is absurd.
minus-squareEager Eagle@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 年前and who’s proposing that? I picked the top in market cap to illustrate what most relevant coins are doing because most of them are irrelevant shitcoins.
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down10·1 年前seems like you undrestand that market cap is irrelevant to the protocol design.
the specifications of the bitcoin protocol require proof of work. using the market cap to dictate what the protocol specification should be is absurd.
and who’s proposing that? I picked the top in market cap to illustrate what most relevant coins are doing because most of them are irrelevant shitcoins.
seems like you undrestand that market cap is irrelevant to the protocol design.