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> The energy here is wasted because Bitcoin does almost nothing of value.
You can also argue that mining gold is a waste of resources because gold does almost nothing of value.
> Yes, there are other uses for Bitcoin. They are miniscule in comparison to its use as an investment product.
What about gold? Aren't its uses minuscule in comparision to its speculative investment value?
The point is: The market decides. One can argue that Bitcoin characteristics (encrypted, pseudo-anonymous, open source, decentralized, global, scalable, deflationary, stateless, etc.) justify its speculative price.
If someone sends real leaks to Wikileaks and they don't publish, then the leakers can use alternative channels to distribute the leaks (for example, sending directly to journalists), and then accuse Wikileaks of not publishing. Has anyone already accused Wikileaks of not publishing real leaks?