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>>> why not a stablecoin?

Berkeley Labs hypothesizes a "thermodynamically" stablecoin. If that experiment fails, there may be no hope for defi ;)

‘Holy grail’: Researchers create physics-based cryptocurrency

https://www.dailycal.org/2022/06/20/holy-grail-researchers-c...

Bitcoin is already thermodynamically secured by proof-of-work, as miners burn electricity for the right to add new blocks of transactions to the blockchain. The ESG crowd can criticize energy use, but human civilization flourished with abundant energy (and that energy allows building of wealth to be able to afford a clean environment for all creatures); energy use secures bitcoin.

can we please stop posting bullshit comments like this

It’s not bullshit comment, and the fact you are still saying this means you don’t get it! How you can be so deep in the shitcoin game and still not understand is troubling to me for a man of such intelligence.

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