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[–] 10 points 7 hours ago (3 children)

There may have to be fundamental engineering breakthroughs before what these systems do can be more than a very expensive and inefficient worldwide proof of concept.

Controversial thought after reading this sentence: It's cryptocoins all over again.

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  • [–] 3 points 6 hours ago (1 child)

    That'd be fine. Cryptocurrency as a whole is still going strong (total market cap is around 3 trillion dollars) and most of the major ones have switched over to energy-free proof-of-stake validation.

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