>>Hmm. Didn't expect to find you arguing the capitalist line :-}
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>Was I?
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>>The true cost of producing a bitcoin is, to all intents and purposes, zero. Why cause people to waste a valuable resource when they could just give it away ?
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>How do you conclude the cost is essentially zero?

Isn't it basic AES-256 encryption with a private key stored in the wallet. Where's the cost in generating that ?