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 Bitcoin is not digital energy, it's a cryptographic proof that real energy was expended  
 Potato, *Potato* 
 Note zapped! It's a proof of real nostr energy ⚡️ 
 except a zap is proof of nothing 
 'Proof of work' is the catchier phrase.  
 Proof of 🔥Burn🔥 
 This 21 million times over!

Should this receipt become corrupted for any reason, it becomes worthless.

nostr:note156sama5j0aml54820w3pp9wxu9v8vkttwzpytqwverfmkcwnwllqr5fj3d  
 Sorta. Yes, pow converts energy to coin. Coin then becomes a non leaky store of potential energy in the social sphere. Money is a weird type of call option in the market  
 Money is better than energy. You will be able to more energy over time for 1 BTC 
 money is not better than anything. it serves a different purpose 
 correct 
 #sats are digital energy .. 

Water is not energy ..steam is .. a gallon broken into 100 million small droplets !  
 crypt0graphic pr00f is a pr0xy 4 real energy spent. As the pr00f  is hash linked the expended energy travels forward in time. 
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