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And also remember, some of the energy breakthroughs that are being used by these data centers were developed by Bitcoin miners.

Dont kid yourself. Bitcoin has a valuable role to play. I am far from a maxi but I can see, especially with how things are going, the importance of having the Bitcoin network.

I think Bitcoin is great, but I also think more energy than necessary is being wasted on mining. It's not as bad as I made it seem. I just think this compute power spent on AI is better than crypto mining.