I stand corrected regarding your account. The protest have started due to increase in natural gas prices (not the gasoline), but the root cause is not the price but income inequality. In any case, it has no (even not a remote) connection to the bitcoin network and its energy consumption, nor to coal plants.
My comment was an urge to stay civil and prevent any rush excitement regarding the Bitcoin's crisis without knowing the whole picture. Specifically to counter the comments of "Let's hope they stay shut off then."
PS. Yes my account is green: I have registered today once I saw this discussion, but believe me it is not a throwaway.
throwawaygh|4 years ago
I'm not.
My account is over a year old with >4500 karma. My username happens to have the word throwaway in it. So what?
Your name is green. (Which I'm fine with and don't really care about... but it makes your comment a bit bewildering.)
nalrey|4 years ago
My comment was an urge to stay civil and prevent any rush excitement regarding the Bitcoin's crisis without knowing the whole picture. Specifically to counter the comments of "Let's hope they stay shut off then."
PS. Yes my account is green: I have registered today once I saw this discussion, but believe me it is not a throwaway.