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Codifer

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3. I must be

Reply to UpInArms (Original post)

Sat May 24, 2025, 12:33 PM

May 2025

too damn old to understand the first thing about bitcoin and bitcoin mining.

To me it seems to be mere vapor.... cotton candy, no there there. Nothing from nothing leaves nothing.

But it may become coin of the realm and my dollars will be worth shit.

Where is my bong......

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TFG ... bitcoin ... Harvard ... is this the "Why"? [View all] UpInArms May 2025 OP

Good article Alice Kramden May 2025 #1

Trump was right Mblaze May 2025 #2

He meant it was a scam that he was not running. Sneederbunk May 2025 #8

I must be Codifer May 2025 #3

Yeah, i had no idea it involved mining. Silver Gaia May 2025 #4

Bullshitium. Swede May 2025 #5

well done krkaufman May 2025 #11

LOL Silver Gaia May 2025 #13

The "mining" is virtual, using computers. Those computers suck a shitload of electricity. SunSeeker May 2025 #6

Thanks for the explanation. Silver Gaia May 2025 #14

Not from the soil kind of mining. love_katz May 2025 #9

Thanks. Silver Gaia May 2025 #15

prime numbers Be Leave On May 2025 #16

Data mining in general seems to be an environmental problem. live love laugh May 2025 #7

Another possibility: there's speculation Harvard, Columbia, and Stanford all rejected Barron Gaugamela May 2025 #10

What a smarmy looking specimen UpInArms May 2025 #12