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Re:Bitcoin surpasses $50K as major companies jump into crypto by vimy on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @09:59PM (#26162133)
So is Netflix or a ton of other ‘useless’ activities.
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Re:Bitcoin surpasses $50K as major companies jump into crypto by mlyle on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @10:54PM (#26162452)
Doing one transaction on Bitcoin effectively consumes about half the electricity a typical house uses in a month.
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Re:Bitcoin surpasses $50K as major companies jump into crypto by rohitb91 on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @11:42PM (#26162776)
And the trend is only going up, sharply. What will people say when ONE TRANSACTION uses the electricity that a typical house uses in a year?

Meanwhile Visa is doing a hundred thousand per second with capacity for more.

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