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 Anyone do the Thought Experiment about 

What Happens with Bitcoin Mining if Electricity cost Zero? 

Hmm?

 @bevo  @NEW1  @ralf 
 Everyone plays the lottery 
 hashrate = ∞ 
 So dumb 
 crazier things happening in the world than what happems with btc if electricity has no cost 😅

 
 im tempted to say btc is pointless in such a scenario 
 yes, but it won't be the biggest problem ... free energy would change everything, like there is a time before the fire and after it change 
 a more realistic and interesting question to me is,what happens if one country has substantial asymmetry with nuclear...say in like 20 years if china has completely run away with the space...what then? 🤔 
 Hash rate go up Bigly! 
 TANSTAAFL