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Codifer

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3. I must be

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 01:33 PM

May 24

too damn old to understand the first thing about bitcoin and bitcoin mining.

To me it seems to be mere vapor.... cotton candy, no there there. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

But it may become coin of the realm and my dollars will be worth shit.

Where is my bong......

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TFG ... bitcoin ... Harvard ... is this the "Why"? [View all] UpInArms May 24 OP

Good article Alice Kramden May 24 #1

Trump was right Mblaze May 24 #2

He meant it was a scam that he was not running. Sneederbunk May 24 #8

I must be Codifer May 24 #3

Yeah, i had no idea it involved mining. Silver Gaia May 24 #4

Bullshitium. Swede May 24 #5

well done krkaufman May 24 #11

LOL Silver Gaia May 24 #13

The "mining" is virtual, using computers. Those computers suck a shitload of electricity. SunSeeker May 24 #6

Thanks for the explanation. Silver Gaia May 24 #14

Not from the soil kind of mining. love_katz May 24 #9

Thanks. Silver Gaia May 24 #15

prime numbers Be Leave On May 24 #16

Data mining in general seems to be an environmental problem. live love laugh May 24 #7

Another possibility: there's speculation Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford all rejected Barron Gaugamela May 24 #10

What a smarmy looking specimen UpInArms May 24 #12