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Re:Energy consumption from $1.5B in BTC is equivalent to 132... by TonyTrapp on Thursday February 11, 2021 @07:39AM (#26100827)
Estimated Bitcoin energy consumption is 1.8% of total US energy consumption. I don't think that printing and circulating US dollars even remotely adds up to 1% of the country's energy usage.
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