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Re:Scaleway announces measures against abusive Chia plotting... by spentrent on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:34PM (#27227612)
How much carbon is emitted by traditional payment processing?
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Re:Scaleway announces measures against abusive Chia plotting... by AlexandrB on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:58PM (#27227941)
As an example: https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-co...

I'm sure modern, all digital, methods like Venmo or PayPal use even less.

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Re:Scaleway announces measures against abusive Chia plotting... by bluescrn on Thursday May 20, 2021 @05:54PM (#27227888)
Less than the carbon that would be emitted by doing everything with physical banknotes, coins, and precious metals?
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