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Re:402 Payment Required, and why micropayments are doomed by CameronNemo on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:32PM (#23242403)
How did you arrive at these numbers? By comparing # of transactions in a block, to the block reward + fees paid for that block? Or by comparing the amount of energy consumed by the network in total and the number of transactions processed by the network?
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Re:402 Payment Required, and why micropayments are doomed by arcticbull on Tuesday May 19, 2020 @09:54PM (#23242501)
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

Any delta is due to the 45% drop in hash rate after the halving. Extensive methodology is provided.

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