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Re:Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining to save electricity by bhelkey on Wednesday January 05, 2022 @03:49PM (#29814714)
> Crypto things however seem a whole other level of energy waste.

According to the New York Times, Bitcoin uses a little less than half a percent of all the electricity consumed in the world [1].

[1] https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/09/03/climate/bitco...

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Re:Kosovo bans cryptocurrency mining to save electricity by Matthias247 on Thursday January 06, 2022 @12:40PM (#29826762)
Should this now be interpreted as „it’s a lot“ or „it isn’t a lot“, relative to the economical and social importance of bitcoin? How much does all watching of TV consume? Of all personal PC gaming? Of all cooking? Operating every theatre on the planet?
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