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Comment by walrus01

> I think it's kind of wild that you can just take a latent or otherwise inaccessible source of power and now convert it into waste heat

Fixed that for you. Bitcoin mining does about as much good for society as hooking up thousands of 1500W electric resistive element space heaters and dumping the thermal output into the atmosphere.

Might as well install some mini split air conditioners backwards while we're at it.

parent walrus01 3 years ago

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