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Comment by PragmaticPulp

> On an actually uncapped Bitcoin instance, Blocks (Block size) and transaction fees will grow exponentially, rendering all such “Bitcoin is environmentally terrible” and “Miners aren’t profitable” calculations absurdly wrong.

This doesn't make any sense.

If anything were to make mining more profitable, we would see even more miners come online.

There is no scenario in which Bitcoin mining becomes less environmentally terrible by paying more money to miners. Those payments incentivize more miners to come online and, if significant enough, would encourage miners to bring older, less efficient equipment online relative to today's rates.

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