Post #2868617
2025-04-29 16:47 UTC
@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net "If I choose not to take a flight to Europe, I save 3,500,000 ChatGPT searches" Similar arguments were made for Bitcoin - distracting with other emissions. Even if you are saying that it is small compared to some other emissions, those emissions are still there. This is just another source that adds to the problem.
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@simon@fedi.simonwillison.net 2025-04-29 16:49
@platlas@en.osm.town the environmental impact of Bitcoin feels different to me because of the way that system is designed: as a competition To mine new Bitcoin you don't just have to burn energy: you have to burn MORE energy than anyone else It's impossible to make that system more efficient, because any efficiencies will be lost to the increased competition they cause between rival miners