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Dollar for dollar, crafting cryptocurrency sucks up 'more energy' than mining gold, copper, etc

a_milan

What about the costs off transport, smelting, waste disposal?

*coin cost is all-inclusive - perhaps a full cost calculation, from raw ore thru refined metal is more relevant for comparison.

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