The electricity for 1BTC trade could power a house for a month

Re:The electricity for 1BTC trade could power a house for a ... by basicplus2 on Wednesday October 18, 2017 @09:51PM (#15504871)

This shows the ultimate futility and failure of crypto currencies.

bitcoin could consume as much electricity as Denmark by 2020

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Re:The electricity for 1BTC trade could power a house for a ... by niyikiza on Thursday October 19, 2017 @12:13AM (#15505414)

I believe it's more of a challenge than "ultimate futility and failure". An alternative to PoW would reduce the problem by much.

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Re:The electricity for 1BTC trade could power a house for a ... by reilly3000 on Thursday October 19, 2017 @08:15AM (#15507213)

How much does traditional banking consume?

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