• herzberd@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    11 months ago

    idling

    With how much power proof of work takes it’s more like putting a brick on the gas pedal in park

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      11 months ago

      True, but this post is quite old. It predates people started building specialised hardware and buildings expressly for the purpose of producing maximum Proof of Waste. It might even predate the GPU shortages. So I guess putting the brick on the pedal wasn’t as popular yet.