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Alternate cryptocurrencies => Altcoin Discussion => Topic started by: MarioLuck990 on January 13, 2018, 01:29:42 PM



Title: Bitcoin - PoW Environmental huge negative impact
Post by: MarioLuck990 on January 13, 2018, 01:29:42 PM
By 2020 BTC will consume the same amount of energy as all the world together today, this is not just a high cost problem but makes BTC a very dirty technology and problem for our environment. The environmental damage because of it will be much greater that what BTC problem intent to solve, will PoW be the en of BTC?


Title: Re: Bitcoin - PoW Environmental huge negative impact
Post by: clarf on January 13, 2018, 01:36:42 PM
By 2020 BTC will consume the same amount of energy as all the world together today, this is not just a high cost problem but makes BTC a very dirty technology and problem for our environment. The environmental damage because of it will be much greater that what BTC problem intent to solve, will PoW be the en of BTC?
So? are your promoting POS? What is the idea behind your post without commenting also some solutions...


Title: Re: Bitcoin - PoW Environmental huge negative impact
Post by: Endikadija on January 13, 2018, 01:39:43 PM
By 2020 BTC will consume the same amount of energy as all the world together today, this is not just a high cost problem but makes BTC a very dirty technology and problem for our environment. The environmental damage because of it will be much greater that what BTC problem intent to solve, will PoW be the en of BTC?
That's why ethereum will be migrating into the pos system as fast as possible. How so many people are using a lot of energy to secure the bitcoin network and make it still decentralized. I think that there will be a lot of the new coin that will be used environmentally friendly energy. Pow is really bad imo.


Title: Re: Bitcoin - PoW Environmental huge negative impact
Post by: bartolo on January 13, 2018, 03:16:13 PM
I donīt think bitcoin will switch from POW to POS, maybe will be the miners who will change their way to obtain mining power. For example, Hydrominer will use hydroelectric energy from hydro power stations in the Alps to mine BTC and other cryptocurrencies, maybe big mining pools will switch to green energy in the future.