I don't know if you ever argued against that massive energy footprint as "FUD". But I do find it pretty hilarious to see a crypto proponent now use that as a positive. "We're not wasting country-sized amounts of electricity anymore!"
FWIW, I don't think most crypto-critics (yours truly included) argue that it's not technically interesting. We argue that it's tech in search of a (mostly) non-existent problem, that has a whole host of very negative externalities.
I don't know if you ever argued against that massive energy footprint as "FUD". But I do find it pretty hilarious to see a crypto proponent now use that as a positive. "We're not wasting country-sized amounts of electricity anymore!"
FWIW, I don't think most crypto-critics (yours truly included) argue that it's not technically interesting. We argue that it's tech in search of a (mostly) non-existent problem, that has a whole host of very negative externalities.