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Re:Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power by rlpb on Friday February 09, 2024 @12:20PM (#39317435)
Visa's count presumably relates to direct consumer small value transactions though, whereas Bitcoin transactions are typically much larger "clearing" transactions. If Bitcoin is scaled up, that would be the only option - each transaction would be a clearing transaction incorporating many individual consumer transaction movements.
Re:Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power by qeternity on Friday February 09, 2024 @02:20PM (#39319170)
This is an argument _against_ Bitcoin.