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[–] magic_lobster_party@fedia.io 19 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It’s not like it’s going to consume electricity like Bitcoin.

PoW was first conceptualized as an anti spam method. It’s just a little overhead to make it expensive to make DOS attacks. This makes perfect sense.

[–] Mubelotix@jlai.lu 1 points 2 months ago

It will, but that's the point. Costing money