50.00% - The “proof of work” model necessitates exponentially increasing amounts of processing power and thus energy to mine the same number of Bitcoins.
30.00% - Precious metals have inherent demand and therefore value beyond a store of wealth.
20.00% - Cryptocurrency produces nothing, consumes enormous energy, and creates value only by convincing more people to buy in — that's a Ponzi scheme with extra steps.
Mining precious metals causes less environmental harm than mining cryptocurrency.
100.00% - Mining precious metals causes less environmental harm than mining cryptocurrency.
0.00% - Mining precious metals is less detrimental to the planet than mining cryptocurrency.
50.00% - Rare-earth element
