• alekwithak@lemmy.world
    1133·
    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
      332·
      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
      91·
      1 year ago

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

    • Emerald@lemmy.world
      67·
      1 year ago

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