US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

    • BedSharkPal@lemmy.caEnglish
      324·
      1 年前

      Good. Most don’t use proof of work anymore because they don’t feel the need to watch the world burn for no reason other than propping up techno bros.

        • ikapoz@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
          10·
          1 年前

          If governments started regulating bitcoin because it was proof of work based then people aren’t going to pump real money into another proof of work scheme to replace it - why would they take the risk of it happening again when there are alternatives? the mining profit margins would disappear and so would they.

          • WhiteHawk@lemmy.worldEnglish
            3·
            1 年前

            It woulf take years and years to pass such a ban in a significant number of countries - assuming they would ever want to cooperate on this, that is