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[–] Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Don't forget its not just man-hours, but man-lives too

[–] HiddenLayer5@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Potentially our future as well considering the carbon and ecological footprint of crypto, both in terms of energy spent mining, and production of single-purpose hardware that can't really do anything else, rival some medium sized developed countries.