forget the grid going down, even when it works it's pants-on-head retarded. crypto is literally based around the idea of wasting GPU power doing random calculations - up to 80 terawatts yearly in the US alone - so you can have a "proof of work" to present to every other peer and be awarded some money. it's like a satanic inversion of the idea of labor as currency, where instead of getting off your ass and producing something, you just break graphics cards and contribute to 30 kilotons of bitcoin-related e-waste each year. i cannot think of a way to handle currency more wasteful, and more tied to the current status quo which its users oppose, than crypto.

man, imagine whining about taxes but not about bitcoin asking you to pay miners 15 dollars so you can send 5 to someone. can't even buy a fucking happy meal without a 300% commission.

forget the grid going down, even when it works it's pants-on-head retarded. crypto is literally based around the idea of wasting GPU power doing random calculations - up to 80 terawatts yearly in the US alone - so you can have a "proof of work" to present to every other peer and be awarded some money. it's like a satanic inversion of the idea of labor as currency, where instead of getting off your ass and producing something, you just break graphics cards and contribute to 30 kilotons of bitcoin-related e-waste each year. i cannot think of a way to handle currency more wasteful, and more tied to the current status quo which its users oppose, than crypto.

man, imagine whining about taxes but not about bitcoin asking you to pay miners 15 dollars so you can send 5 to someone.