I heat my home by mining crypto currencies

Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by VMG on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:11AM (#26235984)

Cryptocurrency mining doesn't actually require huge network load

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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by lmilcin on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:24AM (#26236057)

I don't consider cryptocurrency mining as overall beneficial for humanity.

You know, humanity has this huge issue of CO2 in atmosphere, maybe you have heard of it?

We are building more and more renewable sources, but cryptocurrency mining is countering these benefits to a considerable extent.

Additionally, even if we are able to produce 100% energy from renewable sources it still requires energy to scrub carbon from our atmosphere and so any energy put in bitcoin could be used for like saving our planet.

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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by VMG on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @10:16AM (#26238202)

> You know, humanity has this huge issue of CO2 in atmosphere, maybe you have heard of it?

yes, it is exhausting

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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by okl on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:14AM (#26236002)

I would call ~80 TWhpa "huge": https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/

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Re:I heat my home by mining crypto currencies by virgo_eye on Tuesday February 23, 2021 @06:20AM (#26236042)

Network load here refers to bandwidth on the internet, not power consumption on the electricity grid, I believe.

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