Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem

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Post by alexsicart » Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 7:33 PM UTC

Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem
businessinsider.com

Re: Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem

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Post by xt00 » Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 8:56 PM UTC

So fixing bitcoins energy consumption problem by shifting it to solar?? Hmm.. I mean probably 80% of people on HN were programming at age 10.. so “tech prodigy” sounds like a rather strong description?

Re: Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem

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Post by travmatt » Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 10:24 PM UTC

I haven’t been following crypto currencies for a while, but isn’t most produced with renewable energy already?

Re: Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem

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Post by iforgotpassword » Sat, Sep 29, 2018, 10:25 PM UTC

xt00 wrote: post #2

So fixing bitcoins energy consumption problem by shifting it to solar?? Hmm.. I mean probably 80% of people on HN were programming at age 10.. so “tech prodigy” sounds like a rather strong description?

90% of articles talking about a "tech prodigy kid/teen" in the headline just aren't worth reading.

Re: Teenage tech prodigy wants to fix Bitcoin's energy consumption problem

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Post by quellobiondo » Mon, Oct 01, 2018, 9:55 AM UTC

If I tell you that your distributed network is consuming as much electricity as Austria, probably your best answer shouldn't be to get that energy from renewables...