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Re:U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges by ndriscoll on Friday April 14, 2023 @04:48PM (#35574535)
Everything I've read suggests the Visa network only processes ~5-10k transactions per second, which you could do on a single modest server. It is apparently built to handle up to 75k TPS[0]. Certainly it should be doable with less than 300 kW average.

[0] https://usa.visa.com/dam/VCOM/global/about-visa/documents/vi...

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Re:U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges by sowbug on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:22PM (#35574954)
Visa the company has over 20,000 employees. Presumably that network wouldn't function without them. Shouldn't the entire company's energy footprint be included in that 300kW?
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Re:U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges by anonymouskimmer on Friday April 14, 2023 @05:41PM (#35575158)
VISA provides more services than transaction verification. Should the exchanges be included in the Ethereum energy footprint?
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Re:U.S. SEC sees decentralized crypto platforms as exchanges by peyton on Saturday April 15, 2023 @12:12AM (#35577537)
No.
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