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Re:A Bitcoin Mining Operation Started a Secret Power Plant, ... by panarky on Thursday October 07, 2021 @01:15AM (#28782304)
If you add up all the power wasted by power supplies plugged into the wall but not charging a device, that's more energy than bitcoin.

Add to that all the devices plugged in but not in use, then you're at multiples of bitcoin's energy usage.

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