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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by mytherin on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:36AM (#27196104)
Source?
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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by chrischattin on Tuesday May 18, 2021 @11:45AM (#27196219)
Youtube uses 243.6 TWh - https://thefactsource.com/how-much-electricity-does-youtube-...

Bitcoin uses ~118 TWh - https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

Youtube souce is from 2019, Bitcoin one is current.

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Re:Ethereum will use around 99.95% less energy post merge by mytherin on Wednesday May 19, 2021 @02:08AM (#27205146)
The first source does not seem particularly reliable, it makes some back of the envelope calculations based on extrapolated stats that are not even sourced.

Other sources put Google’s total energy usage (including youtube) at around 12 TWh [1]. Total datacenter usage is estimated to be around 205 TWh [2].

[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/788540/energy-consumptio...

[2] https://energyinnovation.org/2020/03/17/how-much-energy-do-d...

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