The lesson? Don’t trust anything you read. Including this comment :)
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That hit piece completely drowned out that other paper. @tomlaies posted about it here but I was consumed by the drama.
In its current status, the infrastructure that supports the Bitcoin protocol cannot be sustained, but the beauty of the protocol is that the incentive structure will force miners to adopt the cheapest form of electricity, which in the near future will be renewable energy.
It's really nice to hear such a rosy projection from people who'd ordinarily be cast as bitcoin's enemy.
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