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Bitcoin Basics for Beginners and Boomers Webinar!

 
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Bitcoin and crypto have opened up a whole new world of finances.  New opportunities, new forms of security and risk.

There is a basic level of literacy that is needed to get started in this field.

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Have you looked into the energy usage of cryptocurrencies?
 
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Just a reminder that in practice bitcoin doesn't protect you from inflation and is taxed as an asset.

Unless that webinar teaches you how to obtain and hide your assets without a 3rd party you may as well invest in foreign fiat.
 
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I have not taken the webinar yet.  I am signed up for it and it is free.  

It is a way to diversify assets and I think it is interesting to explore alternative economies.

For me as a trader, crypto gives me opportunities for risk without undue regulation.   The stock and foreign exchange markets have had much of the risk regulated out of them.   That means the rewards are slim.

 
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Phil Stevens wrote:Have you looked into the energy usage of cryptocurrencies?



Hi Phil,  

Compared to what?  Printed money?

Have you looked into it?
I have a bit.


I don't think it is a real issue.  

I think it is what is called a false flag.


I would be delighted to hear more if you know more about it.
 
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OK, but before you jump into your coursework please take a bit of time to see how much electricity is required to both "mine" a crypto block, and to execute a transaction, then compare that to the usage in comparable "conventional" electronic banking. Proof of work blockchain algorithms were pretty obviously not designed by someone who considered planet-friendliness important...not only is the energy footprint vastly out of scale with the benefits it provides, but the pricey parallel GPU mining rigs that go into those massive data centres popping up next to new coal-fired generators in places like Kazakhstan become obsolete within months and go to landfill with all their toxic gick.

Part of being a permie is being aware of energy and looking for the best ways to apply it to our needs...like using an RMH to heat a house instead of an expensive gas furnace, or wiring up a small PV rig to power a low-voltage lighting solution for an off-grid cooking shack. Speculation in volatile financial assets is fine for those who want to do it, but consider a nice game of poker instead.

I'd rather invest in well-built tools, soil fertility, and the community around me.
 
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Samantha, it doesn't cost a retail bank much for an employee to type numbers at a keyboard. That is how 98% of money in just about every modern industrial country is created. The electrical overhead for this is minimal. Not saying that this is the basis of a sound economy (I happen to think it's assuredly not) but a simple credit card swipe consumes about a millionth of what it takes to complete a Bitcoin transaction.

At least when the tulip market crashed people could eat the bulbs.
 
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