Quick suggested feature: When someone makes a dup, it should cost more sats that go to SN. E.g. 21 sats.
Like it should still be possible to post dup, but it should cost more ;)
What do you think about adding a predefined set of tags for categorizing/filtering posts? Things like bitcoin, lightning, meta, cryptography or ama could be tags that you can click to see posts filtered by tag like in lobste.rs
The Wikipedia poll bothers me quite a bit. I posted a desperate idea on stacker news last night. Didn't get any upvotes. It was probably dumb or it wasn't the right forum.
I don't know what to do, but I feel like wanting bitcoin to succeed and wanting global warming to stop is in conflict...so I'm forced to choose a camp.
Even if wiki stops accepting it, they may start accepting it later again. This is just one small battle...
In argument like this it's useful to realize that you are actually not fighting the people that are the most against the idea, but rather you are talking with reason to people that are in between and are willing to learn. It's worth adjusting the tone and arguments for that.
There are many bitcoiners who agree with you on GW so you should at least know you aren't alone.
The best way I've found to think about bitcoin's energy usage is on a relative basis to other things that use energy. That wikipedia RFC states McDonald's toy production consumes more energy than bitcoin and clearly bitcoin is a less frivolous use of energy. Another energy stat is clothing dryers in the US alone consumer more energy than bitcoin.
imho the camp you have to choose isn't between bitcoin and the environment. It's between whether consuming energy for human flourishing is worth it or not.
It's not as one-sided as "Bitcoin is bad because it uses a lot of energy".
The legacy financial system is incredibly inefficient, if having to run Bitcoin alongside it for a while allows us to transition away from it eventually, then I'd say that's worth it in the long run.
bitcoin
,lightning
,meta
,cryptography
orama
could be tags that you can click to see posts filtered by tag like in lobste.rs