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		spiznnx on Jan 25, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Five myths about Bitcoin’s energy use Even at current levels, BTC's built in block rewards dominate tx fees (12.50BTC built in + 1.38 tx fees). The 12.5 built in reward is essentially a subsidy for mining.

westurner on Jan 25, 2018 [–]

The block reward is an incentive for redundant distributed replica nodes.

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