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I wish bitcoin hadn't become the go-to crpyto.

As a world, we shouldn't be encouraging the use of a currency which is literally churning out CO2 into the air when there's so many less wasteful cryptos out there




The less wasteful cryptos are more centralized. What's the point of using an inefficient data structure (blockchain) if you are sacrificing de-centralization in pursuit of gaining efficiency? Over time miners will move into renewable energies as the price of them goes down.


From a financial trading/pricing standpoint, I'd say bitcoin is centralized too, in that binance, bitfinex, coinbase and the rest of the major exchanges are necessary for the trading process.

Then when you add their dependence on centralized stablecoins like Tether to the mix, I don't think BTC would have the price it has now, if it were truly decentralized.


It has years more momentum than everyone else, not really surprising it's on the top. But if there is better tech, it will get usurped eventually.


I wish that were true. The best solution doesn't always win, but the most publicised solution will




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