<story><title>GitHub investigating crypto-mining campaign abusing its server infrastructure</title><url>https://therecord.media/github-investigating-crypto-mining-campaign-abusing-its-server-infrastructure/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reader_mode</author><text>I was mostly ambivalent about crypto - it seemed like a lot of speculation but I liked some scenarios it enabled (mostly scenarios where traditional payment was not practical for w&amp;#x2F;e reason).&lt;p&gt;But seeing the HW situation, energy burn, scammers, infra hijacking, etc. there are so many negatives I&amp;#x27;m more and more in favour of making it illegal.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>collsni</author><text>Illegal is a pretty strong word. We need more rights not stipulation on everything we do.&lt;p&gt;Just realize what you&amp;#x27;re asking for.</text></comment>
<story><title>GitHub investigating crypto-mining campaign abusing its server infrastructure</title><url>https://therecord.media/github-investigating-crypto-mining-campaign-abusing-its-server-infrastructure/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>reader_mode</author><text>I was mostly ambivalent about crypto - it seemed like a lot of speculation but I liked some scenarios it enabled (mostly scenarios where traditional payment was not practical for w&amp;#x2F;e reason).&lt;p&gt;But seeing the HW situation, energy burn, scammers, infra hijacking, etc. there are so many negatives I&amp;#x27;m more and more in favour of making it illegal.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>dgellow</author><text>If that&amp;#x27;s your critic then Proof-of-Work is the issue, not crypto currencies in general. There are multiple Proof-of-Stake implementations already in production (still very young though), each with its set of properties (see Cardano, Algorand, Tezos, Polkadot, Harmony, etc).</text></comment>