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Re:Software Is Polluting the World by saagarjha on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @11:30PM (#23015004)
I wonder how much of it is cryptocurrency mining.
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Re:Software Is Polluting the World by ashilfarahmand on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:47AM (#23015476)
I heard that all of crypto mining uses a similar amount of electricity as Serbia but it is probably more now.

Source from Dec 2017 -> https://newatlas.com/bitcoin-cryptocurrency-power-consumptio...

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Re:Software Is Polluting the World by mirimir on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @12:22AM (#23015328)
From the Nature article:

> The energy-efficiency drive at the information factories that serve us Facebook, Google and Bitcoin.

I'm guessing less, although I failed at parsing the article.

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