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		jihodl on Nov 24, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Ethereum 2.0 – Minimum deposit reached There actually is a fundamental linkage between the computational work of mining (which the Bitcoin network treats as money) and energy. E = kB T ln 2, Landauer's Principle [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landauer's_principle

rglullis on Nov 24, 2020 [–]

Computation for work and energy, yes. No one is arguing against that.

The problem is arguing a correlation between computation and work for price of BTC and/or cost of energy. That is the mistake from OP.

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