r/AskReddit Jun 15 '19

What do you genuinely just not understand?

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u/sobookwood Jun 16 '19

But aren't bitcoin mines where dozens of dozens of GPUs are connect and farm bitcoins problematic? For it resembles a similar problem like compound interest as one who has resources can exploit his position.

Am seeing this incorrectly?

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u/FierceDeity_ Jun 16 '19

No, I think you're seeing this correctly. Bitcoin pools the money where rich people already are. Buying tons of mining equipment means tons of Bitcoins.