> Bitcoin isn't a bank, it's a currency. You can't do that with the USD either, and you could build a banking platform on top of bitcoin to allow for chargebacks and credit lines.

The point is when we're looking at comparative energy use, you can't just point at the whole banking system and compare it to Bitcoin, as if it's an apples to apples comparison, because the banking system provides an embarassment of services that Bitcoin does not.

> The strawman is disingenuous and shows how little you understand the topic.

There's no strawman here and if anything this shows how little you understood the thread you're replying to.

(Edit: fixed a copy/paste screwup)