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		smeej on March 31, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The political case for a blanket cryptocurrency ba... The sheer cost of spooling up enough hardware and paying for the electricity to run it. That's literally the entire point of proof of work.

tome on April 5, 2021 [–]

Then hard forks would never happen, right?

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