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		cypress66 on May 14, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why All Cryptocurrency Should Die in a Fire PoW (ie mining) is not something inherent to cryptocurrencies. We should try to get rid of PoW and move all coins to non energy wasting systems (such as PoS).

doomroot on May 14, 2022 [–]

No, PoW is the point of cryptocurrencies. PoS coins are not censorship resistant.

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