I think it lets them run the car closer to the ground, which improves the aerodynamics. (View Post)

Fair. Mostly illegal reasons of course! You can run the numbers on the size of the international money laundering trade, how much that might go via BTC & how long the individuals concerned will h… (View Post)

Well, gold is a barbarous relic too :) (View Post)

I expect central bank digital currencies to become mainstream fairly soon. The advantages are obvious. The problem for crypto-currency adherents is that there’s no driving force behind owning them ex… (View Post)

It’s because BTC energy use is wildly out of proportion to the benefits. A single BTC transaction costs roughly $200 in energy. The fee is currently less than this because the miners get seignorage f… (View Post)