Comment Comment by crumbshot > Most of this electricity comes from the cheapest source of power, which is hydro.This has become almost a religious belief amongst cryptocurrency acolytes, but it's simply not true.--Edit: please see my comment¹ and piplikoc's comment² below for more detail on this.1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=263424112. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26342366 parent crumbshot 5 years ago
This has become almost a religious belief amongst cryptocurrency acolytes, but it's simply not true.
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Edit: please see my comment¹ and piplikoc's comment² below for more detail on this.
1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26342411
2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26342366