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The environmental issues with bitcoin make it a bad choice for any application.

The idea might be good though but it is hard to imagine that the major powers won't have a strong hand in its inception if it ever occurs.

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This is the wrong way to think about it. Apart from bitcoin, what other things have you worried about their environmental impact? If it's economical viable it's viable - we either have a free market or not. You cannot just ban things you don't like 'cause of "the environment"

Agreed. Five eyes law enforcement is already all over crypto; can’t imagine they’d go easier if it became geopolitically influential.

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