alt Hacker NewsYes, on the one hand, they enable a lot of shady illegal business, but in the other hand, they also destroy the environment while doing it, so it's really a toss up whether cryptocurrency is good or bad overall!
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winddude • 04/13/2026
bitcoin is forecast to uses about 150 TWh of electricity this year vs all other datacenter operations foretasted to use 1000 TWh. Bitcoin is esitimated to be about 52.4% sustainable energy (renewables plus nuclear) where datacenters are 42% sustainable energy.
Equating the concept of cryptographic currency with specific implementations such as proof-of-work just shows that you have no idea what you are talking about.
The importance of financial sovereignty can not be understated, whether you understand that or not.