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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by solotronics on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:40AM (#28782006)

Christmas lights use way more electricity per year than Bitcoin mining. 6.6 billion kw/h for Christmas lights, 33 million Christmas trees grown and shipped around.

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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by lordnacho on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:35AM (#28782490)

Issue isn't that crypto users more than this or that other thing.

Issue is that any other thing becomes more and more efficient with time. Crypto pow will eat literally any sized cake and waste it.

We could invent fusion and crypto would eat that too.

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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by Dylan16807 on Thursday October 07, 2021 @12:59AM (#28782180)

Huh, we should move more of those to LED.

But bitcoin uses more than 80 billion.

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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by varajelle on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:10AM (#28782276)

kw/h?

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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by soylentnewsorg on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:15AM (#28782313)

kwh is just as dumb a term though, although correct. you're taking joules per hour and then multiplying it by an hour.

highway speed limit is 90kmkgWlboz/(hkgWlboz).

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