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Re:Bitcoin network average energy consumption per transactio... by hn_throwaway_99 on Monday March 08, 2021 @02:21PM (#26390277)
No, that number sounds like a marginal number to me. Someone else commented that miners pay an average of like 4 cents per kWh, which works out to about $30 of electricity costs to miners per transaction. Recent per-transaction miner fees are currently in the $10-20 range, but don't forget the winning miner gets a reward that's currently ~$330,475 per block.
Re:Bitcoin network average energy consumption per transactio... by D13Fd on Monday March 08, 2021 @03:22PM (#26390989)
That's terrifying if true. 741 kWh per transaction seems absurd.