&gt;&gt; In the pre-Gox days of the Bitcoin subreddit<p>This is true! You don&#x27;t have to agree with them, though. The network still exists and is cool and useful regardless. You don&#x27;t even need to use Reddit! I don&#x27;t hang out on reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;visa (does it even exist?)<p>&gt;&gt; Not to mention that Bitcoin is explicitly anti-environmentalist<p>I think it would be fairer to say that it&#x27;s &#x27;a-environmentalist&#x27;. The badness or goodness of energy use for PoW just wasn&#x27;t really a concern.<p>When I play Quake 3, my computer uses more energy. I consider that an acceptable compromise. Perhaps there are people out there that don&#x27;t, so they don&#x27;t play it.<p>I would find it quite odd if they criticized my habits, though. We should be trying to get along, not looking for chances to grumble at each other, you know?