misktoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption(www.tomshardware.com)external-linkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130message-square360fedilink
arrow-up1989arrow-down1external-linkJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption(www.tomshardware.com)misktoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldmessage-square360fedilink
minus-squareHACKthePRISONSarrow-up5arrow-down11·8 months agolinkfedilinktwo of the top 10 by market cap ar stable coins.
minus-squareHACKthePRISONSarrow-up2arrow-down10·8 months agolinkfedilinkthat market cap is a dumb metric to use to dictate protocol specifications
minus-squareEager EagleEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkwtf are you even talking about? What protocol specs? Who’s dictating what?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONSarrow-up1arrow-down7·8 months agolinkfedilinkthe 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 EagleEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkand 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-squareHACKthePRISONSarrow-up1arrow-down10·8 months agolinkfedilinkseems like you undrestand that market cap is irrelevant to the protocol design.
minus-squareKnock_Knock_Lemmy_InEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agolinkfedilinkWant to suggest a better one?
minus-squareHACKthePRISONSarrow-up1arrow-down3·8 months agolinkfedilinkuh… adoption, stability, code commits, forks…
two of the top 10 by market cap ar stable coins.
what’s your point?
that market cap is a dumb metric to use to dictate protocol specifications
wtf are you even talking about? What protocol specs? Who’s dictating what?
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.
Want to suggest a better one?
uh… adoption, stability, code commits, forks…