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[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

And even in mining there are different protocols, Bitcoin is just intentionally inefficient 🤷

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

My Excel spreadsheet remains efficiency champion!

[–] Kecessa@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Pretty sure there are more efficient databases than Excel for the kind of information stored on blockchains 🤪

[–] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Sure, but when even Excel is a more efficient database, that should say something about crypto.

[–] explodicle@local106.com 1 points 1 year ago

My bad joke was that a real world cost is the point.