<story><title>Inside One of the World&apos;s Largest Bitcoin Mines</title><url>http://www.thecoinsman.com/2014/08/bitcoin/inside-one-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mines/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CatsoCatsoCatso</author><text>This just strikes me as a colossal waste of energy &amp;amp; time. I understand that there may be good profit in doing it, but that doesn&amp;#x27;t shirk off any of my feelings.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>qnr</author><text>I blame Satoshi for choosing the unfortunate word &amp;quot;mining&amp;quot; as the name of the technical process that confirms bitcoin transactions. I feel it is responsible for a big part of the scammy reputation Bitcoin has today.&lt;p&gt;If only it was called something like &amp;quot;transaction security auditing&amp;quot; or &amp;quot;ledger integrity verification&amp;quot; so that people would take it more seriously for what it really is.</text></comment>
<story><title>Inside One of the World&apos;s Largest Bitcoin Mines</title><url>http://www.thecoinsman.com/2014/08/bitcoin/inside-one-worlds-largest-bitcoin-mines/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>CatsoCatsoCatso</author><text>This just strikes me as a colossal waste of energy &amp;amp; time. I understand that there may be good profit in doing it, but that doesn&amp;#x27;t shirk off any of my feelings.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>maxmcd</author><text>More inefficient than producing and maintaining paper currency? Than mining actual gold?&lt;p&gt;They really are just throwing tons of electricity and hardware at &amp;quot;nothing&amp;quot;, but if this kind of activity helps replace the current inefficient systems of currency, then I&amp;#x27;m all for it.</text></comment>