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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by chrischattin on Sunday November 28, 2021 @03:45AM (#29367273)
No. Bitcoin network power usage isn’t related to the number of transactions.
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Re:Proof of stake is incapable of producing a consensus by dagmx on Sunday November 28, 2021 @08:17AM (#29368670)
You're only talking about at any given moment in tjme, but Bitcoin hashing difficulty adjusts in an almost correlated way to number of transactions being performed (or more directly related to popularity at a given time)

https://m.btc.com/stats/diff

So your statement ends up being incorrect over a period of time.

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