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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by misk@sopuli.xyz to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Does my grocery store or gas station accept it?

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Does your grocery store or gas station accept Qatari riyals?

[–] BleatingZombie@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

If that were my local currency, then I'm sure they would

[–] FaceDeer@kbin.social 2 points 9 months ago

At which point your local grocery store or gas station wouldn't be accepting whatever currency is your current local currency. The point would remain the same - a currency doesn't have to be universally accepted everywhere on the entire planet for it to still be a useful currency.

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