shetyeshail
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[ my public key: https://keybase.io/shetyeshail; my proof: https://keybase.io/shetyeshail/sigs/eqosdYMabNbd9IEuJnDtToxrzgXdJ1QIhZqtg3-fsAY ]
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Since those Bitcoin blockchain calculations are pretty intense, they make your processor work hard. In doing so there is extra energy that literally gets wasted bc it heats up the processor, and again just like the bulb heat isn't the intended function so that heat byproduct is just wasted energy.