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The raw figure it uses for gross power consumption (62 Twh) is also unsourced.
Meanwhile, the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance puts the figure at around twice that - 110 Twh.
Not that we had any reason to grant credence to what a bitcoin "investment" company says about the matter, anyway.
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The raw figure it uses for gross power consumption (62 Twh) is also unsourced.
Meanwhile, the Cambridge Center for Alternative Finance puts the figure at around twice that - 110 Twh.
Not that we had any reason to grant credence to what a bitcoin "investment" company says about the matter, anyway.