I might be a weirdo but playing RDD2 for 85 hours was very entertaining and while i played RDD2, i did not travel or do something else resourceintenvise.
I have not had this amount of return on investment when doing something with bitcoin.
It was more like 'huh? how much is the transaction fee now?', ah why is this market seized? Oh i found a little bit of bitcoin here, i totally forgot.
And while i play 85h over a span of 4 weeks or so, your mining rig already consumed 590h more energy than i did.
I said 'to a certain degree, i think this is okay' and i also think that for bitcoin, this is not the case.
So? Peopel should start stopping research on plastic alternatives? Probably not right? I don't think you can translate their research to saving oil through ev cars.
And i think we should just do both. I'm able to advocate for less production of plastic and EV use and less driving around for nothing.
Gaming gives people enjoyment. They are not consuming other energy sources and to a certain degree, i think this is okay.
It also combines and supports advantages in science by making this more affordable for the rest.
You can still critizie it and there have been huge energy savings for idle GPUs which was not the case 10? years ago.
Nonetheless, one thing doesn't make the other thing better or worse. Doing bitcoin is supporting a system which requires mining to make transactions. It also doesn't free me but potentially people who benefit from this directly. Like money washing, moving their millions from left to right or other things. And while doing that, taking my graphicscard, i wanted to play with, to sit somehwere, running 24/7 for what?
What real problem solves bitcoin for me and most other people on the world?
I have not had this amount of return on investment when doing something with bitcoin.
It was more like 'huh? how much is the transaction fee now?', ah why is this market seized? Oh i found a little bit of bitcoin here, i totally forgot.
And while i play 85h over a span of 4 weeks or so, your mining rig already consumed 590h more energy than i did.
I said 'to a certain degree, i think this is okay' and i also think that for bitcoin, this is not the case.