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Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store by WrtCdEvrydy on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:11PM (#24913900)
> It's superlinear with the number of participants, and even with no new participants, the amount of waste grows over time by design.

Incorrect, growth curve is driven by mining power and forces innovation in lower cost of electricity. The worldwide cost of Bitcoin usage in KW has been compared to the headquarters of Bank of America's usage.

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Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store by saalweachter on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @09:54PM (#24914170)
The BoA headquarters uses 8 million KW of electricity? Jesus Christ, the shareholders should sue everyone on the board.
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Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store by julianlam on Tuesday October 27, 2020 @10:06PM (#24914243)
> The worldwide cost of Bitcoin usage in KW has been compared to the headquarters of Bank of America's usage.

You seem to be missing a couple units there...

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Re:A Guy Walks into an Apple Store by Google234 on Wednesday October 28, 2020 @01:08AM (#24915446)
Maybe they mean in the sense that the numbers are literally comparable :)
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