<oembed><type>rich</type><version>1.0</version><title>Karl [ARCHIVE] wrote</title><author_name>Karl [ARCHIVE] (npub10h…9xjf9)</author_name><author_url>https://yabu.me/npub10hvdghlzknsxl8n9fhevm3hc6ppgkmnhjl0x7999hylnmcm3jursv9xjf9</author_url><provider_name>njump</provider_name><provider_url>https://yabu.me</provider_url><html>📅 Original date posted:2021-05-08&#xA;📝 Original message:&gt;&#xA;&gt; What is more important;&#xA;&gt; Bitcoin mining introduces the first free-market demand for the cheapest&#xA;&gt; energy source.&#xA;&#xA;&#xA;This is a really great idea but I think access to technologically advanced&#xA;hardware is a stronger component than energy here.&#xA;&#xA;Making open community chip fabs might change that.  Then anybody could get&#xA;on the bandwagon.  But right now the hardware barrier keeps the common&#xA;person out.&#xA;&#xA;If you can build a chip fab, you may also be able to build a powerplant.&#xA;Not many others can do that to compete with you.  The energy economy still&#xA;has more supply than competition or renewable energy would quickly&#xA;outcompete nonrenewable as the price dropped.&#xA;-------------- next part --------------&#xA;An HTML attachment was scrubbed...&#xA;URL: &lt;http://lists.linuxfoundation.org/pipermail/bitcoin-dev/attachments/20210508/416f416a/attachment.html&gt;</html></oembed>