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To ease load on aging grid, state program offers energy credits to bitcoin miners to curtail their power consumption.
minus-squareJokeDeity@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down18·1 year agoAll your downvotes are for using the words pyramid scheme. It’s a lot of not great things, for sure, but it’s not a pyramid scheme.
minus-squaretriplenadirlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoall of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme. how much cryptocurrency do you have?
minus-squarehavokdj@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·1 year agoCare to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme? Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.
All your downvotes are for using the words pyramid scheme. It’s a lot of not great things, for sure, but it’s not a pyramid scheme.
all of your downvotes - many more than the person you’re replying to - are for trying to claim that a system that’s functioned as a pyramid scheme for most of its existence is not a pyramid scheme.
how much cryptocurrency do you have?
Care to explain how BTC, a currency with no one controlling it, is a pyramid scheme?
Who benefits from it besides huge miners? All they get is transaction fees paid to them for supporting the network. That’s not a pyramid scheme.