Re:Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power
by ooterness on Friday February 09, 2024 @12:03PM
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In terms of energy consumption per transaction, it's not even close.
Digieconomist [1] states that a single Bitcoin transaction is "equivalent to the carbon footprint of 1,044,177 VISA transactions or 78,521 hours of watching Youtube."
Statista [2] estimates a similar energy-cost ratio of about 470,000 Visa transactions to 1 Bitcoin transaction.
Digieconomist [1] states that a single Bitcoin transaction is "equivalent to the carbon footprint of 1,044,177 VISA transactions or 78,521 hours of watching Youtube."
Statista [2] estimates a similar energy-cost ratio of about 470,000 Visa transactions to 1 Bitcoin transaction.
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
https://www.statista.com/statistics/881541/bitcoin-energy-co...