Sorry to be a bother but I had another related thought. I’m reminded of a reply you made to a post on Robin Hanson’s blog:
If the price of diamonds were to plummet, people would have to invent some other way
to verifiably and irreversibly expend resources. That new method might have a better
side-effect than enriching DeBeers, but then again it might have a worse one.
The link to shark fin soup is interesting. Did you mean to imply you were also concerned about the possible environmental
impact of Bitcoin mining? I don’t recall you mentioning that concern since. Maybe you consider the verdict still out on that issue or have since found reason to be unconcerned?
I also find it a bit amusing and maybe even prescient. Here we are in 2016 (as far as we know) and China is overwhelmingly the largest producer of hashcash. The hunt also shows no immediate signs of slowing down..
Sorry to be a bother but I had another related thought. I’m reminded of a reply you made to a post on Robin Hanson’s blog:
The link to shark fin soup is interesting. Did you mean to imply you were also concerned about the possible environmental impact of Bitcoin mining? I don’t recall you mentioning that concern since. Maybe you consider the verdict still out on that issue or have since found reason to be unconcerned?
I also find it a bit amusing and maybe even prescient. Here we are in 2016 (as far as we know) and China is overwhelmingly the largest producer of hashcash. The hunt also shows no immediate signs of slowing down..