It’s ok for Billionaires to go to space for no reason and burn a ton of rocket fuel but nooooo we can’t have any crypto mining going on cause you know the oceans are LITERALLY ON FIRE because of crypto mining

I just have this little rant as people are so quick to jump on crypto with all the FUD even though it’s a insanely smart and useful technology that will 100% be a part of our future and probably for the better of the world. But the media is jumping around giddy reporting on billionaires in space. People should get their priorities straight and stop being hypocrites.

EDIT: should have put an /s in there somewhere cause of course I know the ocean being on fire has nothing to do with crypto mining.

EDIT 2: So many interesting takes in this thread and thanks for the awards. I am by no means an expert on rockets or energy usage of crypto, there are great comments describing these in detail. I know I was being extreme in the title and bringing up energy so please go ahead and roast me for my ignorance. Grateful for the discussion here as the energy usage of mining should be of course a concern to all. I love space and science and I love crypto. I didn’t even think about the whatabout-ism when writing this post but I agree taking two separate subjects and trying to justify something isn’t an argument and that wasn’t my intention. Space is cool, Crypto is cool, let’s save the Earth, come up with technologies we never dreamed of before, and also have common sense and be kind to each other in the process. Have a nice day everyone.