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I agree that everything you say is true or has been true of Bitcoin at some point. However, the more important question is how all of those things will change going forwards. Is Bi…

> so big that 1.3 million people were displaced to build it. The fact that China built a large hydroelectric power plant (Three Gorges Dam) that displaced a lot of people, shouldn'…

The same could be said for any new technology – they are always a double-sword, and it's our responsibility as technologists to do what we can to maximize the upside and minimize t…

> unless you also specify how much better. That is impossible for anyone to say with any certainty, because the future impact of new technologies are, by their nature, impossible t…

I think your point about US power plants is a nitpick – The largest power plants in the world are not located in the US, and either way my point still stands because it's meant to …

Indeed, as I mentioned in a sibling comment, to put those numbers in context, Bitcoin consumes as much power globally as a single large power plant, and roughly 10% of the world's …

Bitcoin's absolute power consumption isn't at a critical level yet — Bitcoin consumes as much power globally as a single large power plant, and roughly 10% of the world's data cent…

And for those who prefer written communication, there's Crisis Text Line[1]: Text 741741 (US only) Disclaimer: I'm a volunteer. [1] https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/02/09/r-…

Re: Bitcoin's electricity consumption, I wasn't satisfied with how one-sided or incomplete a lot of the articles written about this topic are, so I tried writing my own* that (hope…

To add to this point, M-Pesa has been a huge success in Kenya, but has had trouble expanding to other countries because of some inherent limitations of M-Pesa's model. A cryptocurr…

Travis Kalanick's words to that Uber driver back in Feb 2017 are very ironic now in retrospect: "Some people don't like to take responsibility for their own shit. They blame everyt…

I see Donald Trump running for president as being nothing more than a glorified PR campaign to build his own brand. I don't think he even cares if he wins or loses, and I think it'…