Crypto currency mining

[tonupkid]

Originally Posted by HPsauce

Does anyone else read New Scientist, if so what do you think of this Leader article from a month ago: https://www.newscientist.com/article...-of-resources/ ?

My take on that New Scientist article was that it was written by a chippy individual, and It's been bugging me since reading it last week.

Yes crypto currencies use power to mine (the finite number of coins) and power to verify their transactions, but I feel this is a small price to pay for a money that can't be printed at will, to the cost of everyone holding that currency.
And it's more practical than gold, although less good at insulating the engine bay of a Mclaren