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WPrion Send message Joined: 10 Apr 13 Posts: 16 Credit: 796,282 RAC: 0 |
I'd say SETI/BOINC science is a far better way to expend energy, but all energy consumption has multiple costs. The article below puts Bitcoin/Blockchain energy consumption in perspective: https://www.greentechmedia.com/articles/read/bitcoin-uses-more-energy-than-ireland#gs.dKq=fH8 “…The Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index tracker puts Bitcoin’s current estimated annual energy use at almost 32 terawatt-hours, roughly equivalent to Serbia’s yearly electricity consumption and ahead of at least 159 other countries, including Ireland and most nations in Africa….†From the site linked in the quote above: Electricity consumed per transaction (KWh) 237.00 Number of U.S. households that could be powered by Bitcoin 3,015,275 Number of U.S. households powered for 1 day by the electricity consumed for a single transaction 8 Bitcoin's electricity consumption as a percentage of the world's electricity consumption 0.15% Annual carbon footprint (kt of CO2) [kt == Kilotons] 15,957 Carbon footprint per transaction (kg of CO2) 115.94 ..." Win |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
It Has Begun! Venezuela Launches National Oil-Backed Cryptocurrency. https://sputniknews.com/business/201801061060550736-venezuela-maduropetro-launch-emission/ Venezuela is issuing $5.9 billion in petro, its state cryptocurrency, in the hopes that it will drive the country out of economic downfall amid US sanctions. The petro is backed by the country's oil, diamond and gold reserves. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
The petro is backed by the country's oil, diamond and gold reserves.ROFLMAO X 100 And a wheelbarrow full of 'petros' might get you a loaf of bread in downtown Caracas. If all the Oil, Diamonds and Gold are nationalized, that means they are in Maduro's pocket, and are only as good as his word.................. Again. ROFLMAO. He is truly MADuro. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
The petro is backed by the country's oil, diamond and gold reserves. America is not blameless when it comes to that country , had you actually traded and bought there oil you would have had cheap oil a long time ago and been able to break OPEC's control and i suspect they would not have gone as far as they have with Socialism . The policy of engagement with china has opened it up and there are more freedoms there now than before we opened up and started trading . One day America will learn that trade sanctions only hurt America and force country's to go extreme in there ideas and beliefs eg: North Korea , Iran , Venezuela all have been under some sort of trade embargo or sanctions and it hasn't changed things but only made them worse It is also helping terrorist to demonize your country as it looks like your trying to overthrow there country , ergo interfear with it . Time to try a different way as the old way is only making things worse |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
Forget bitcoin - now Putin wants a cryptorubel Can a digital currency allow Russia to duck foreign sanctions? In any event, it claims to be one of Putin's economic advisors, and now the rules of the game must be outlined for Kremlin's cryptorubel. https://translate.google.se/translate?sl=sv&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=sv&ie=UTF-8&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.svt.se%2Fnyheter%2Futrikes%2Fglom-bitcoin-putin-vill-ha-kryptorubel&edit-text=&authuser=0 Russia's crypto businessman Dmitry Marinichev's virtual currency mining farm operates in a former Soviet era factory factory warehouse in Moscow. http://www.straitstimes.com/business/companies-markets/forget-oil-russia-goes-crazy-for-cryptocurrency |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
Why 'Bitcoin' is not a noun. Why 'Dollar' IS a noun. virtual adjective vir·tu·al \ ˈvər-chə-wəl , -chəl ; ˈvərch-wəl \ Definition of virtual 1 : being such in essence or effect though not formally recognized or admitted a virtual dictator 2 : being on or simulated on a computer or computer network print or virtual books a virtual keyboard : such as a : occurring or existing primarily online virtual shopping b : of, relating to, or existing within a virtual reality a virtual tour 3 : of, relating to, or using virtual memory 4 : of, relating to, or being a hypothetical particle whose existence is inferred from indirect evidence Definition of adjective : a word belonging to one of the major form classes in any of numerous languages and typically serving as a modifier of a noun to denote a quality of the thing named, to indicate its quantity or extent, or to specify a thing as distinct from something else The word red in "the red car" is an adjective. noun /ˈnaʊn/ noun plural nouns : a word that is the name of something (such as a person, animal, place, thing, quality, idea, or action) and is typically used in a sentence as subject or object of a verb or as object of a preposition "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
moomin Send message Joined: 21 Oct 17 Posts: 6204 Credit: 38,420 RAC: 0 |
So vacuum, a space entirely devoid of matter, is not a noun as well? |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
So vacuum, a space entirely devoid of matter, is not a noun as well?No...........vacuum is a thing........that actually exists. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
So vacuum, a space entirely devoid of matter, is not a noun as well? Take a random cubic parsec and you will find matter in it, never mind the virtual particles. |
Mr. Kevvy Send message Joined: 15 May 99 Posts: 3776 Credit: 1,114,826,392 RAC: 3,319 |
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JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
Thus the idea for the Bussard ramjet.......leading to a bunch of entertaining Science Fiction by Larry Niven among others. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
The Oracle of Omaha has spoken ... Warren Buffet wrote: I can say almost with certainty that they will come to a bad ending. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
Bitcoin appears to be rapidly becoming Buttcoin.......as in of a joke........good luck on that 'fortune'. "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
I feel that way with my mutual funds, I just don't know what else to do. |
betreger Send message Joined: 29 Jun 99 Posts: 11361 Credit: 29,581,041 RAC: 66 |
Under the mattress? The inflation the new tax law will inevitably cause makes that seem to be stupid. Gold is a good hedge but it's value to me is irrational. Spending billions to dig something out of the ground and refine it to then bury it underground is weird at best. |
Gary Charpentier Send message Joined: 25 Dec 00 Posts: 30651 Credit: 53,134,872 RAC: 32 |
Digital pickpocket https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-01-26/cryptocurrencies-drop-after-japanese-exchange-halts-withdrawals At least when a bank is robbed the bank knows it. |
Robert Waite Send message Joined: 23 Oct 07 Posts: 2417 Credit: 18,192,122 RAC: 59 |
Right on, brother. Everyone with half a brain knows that those resources belong in the pockets of the Koch brothers and their ilk. I do not fight fascists because I think I can win. I fight them because they are fascists. Chris Hedges A riot is the language of the unheard. -Martin Luther King, Jr. |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
BTW: Wanna bet that if the Venezuelan people had a choice from this day forward. They would never pick a Government Controlled Economic System?Either of the Koch Brothers could probably be elected president of Venezuela........ "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
Darth Beaver Send message Joined: 20 Aug 99 Posts: 6728 Credit: 21,443,075 RAC: 3 |
Hello update on the Bitcoin world About now many are getting cold feat a sweats as January has been a bear market for Bitcoin . For all those new to Bitcoin i would hold on to your coin even if the market continues to be a bear market and drops another 40% . The market should continue to edge down for at lest the month of Febury and approx March you should see things start to start to settle. There are many reasons why the market goes down at this time of year . So i would say go to rule one in a bear market buy , buy , buy while it's cheap. Only a idiot sells in a bear market as you only lose if you sell for less than you paid so don't sell hold or buy and wait This year will see many hard forks of Bitcoin and if you don't hold Bit coin you will not get the new coins that will come from the forks . Zec coin is also said to be having a hard fork this year and like Bit coin if your not holding them you will not get any coins credited to you . As for the nay say'ers i would say you do not understand what money is . I would also say they do not understand the rules of crypto . The country's that do not adopt crypto as a form of money will be left behind . For those that say the Block Chain has no value then i would have you read this article from CoinDesk about one of the so called genius of modern financial world https://www.coindesk.com/davos-elites-still-dont-get-blockchain/ |
JaundicedEye Send message Joined: 14 Mar 12 Posts: 5375 Credit: 30,870,693 RAC: 1 |
And some people claim to have seen a Chicken with Teeth....... I gotta say Glenn, you got guts going down with the ship like this. DPRK is busily changing stolen Bitcoins for US Dollars, and about a billion other thieves are scheming to get the rest..... .........tulips anyone? "Sour Grapes make a bitter Whine." <(0)> |
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