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Re:Bitcoin consumes 2nd highest electricity per capita by kloch on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:02PM (#28544957)
The only meaningful comparison is to the energy usage of the legacy banking system. Banks have a lot of data centers, office space, employees who drive to work etc.
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Re:Bitcoin consumes 2nd highest electricity per capita by quickthrowman on Wednesday September 15, 2021 @06:22PM (#28545153)
The banking system finances all commercial activity, it’s essential to civilization.

BTC is not.

(DeFi is used to speculate on crypto prices with leverage, which is also not essential)

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