Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's and Facebook's combined

Re:Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's an... by wmf on Sunday January 02, 2022 @05:42PM (#29774868)

Now imagine if you could get the same value without using significant energy: it's called PoS.

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Re:Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's an... by clay-dreidels on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:08PM (#29775122)

PoS is too centralized and vulnerable to attack.

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Re:Bitcoin's electricity use 8 times higher than Google's an... by sauwan on Sunday January 02, 2022 @06:51PM (#29775479)

Or proof of space.

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