Re:Why Charles Stross Doesn’t Know a Thing about Bitcoin
by maxerickson on Thursday January 09, 2014 @09:36AM
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It looks like the best ASICs are at around 1.5 gigahash / joule. Certainly less than 2.
So 13 million gigahash per second translates into at least 6.5 megawatts. But 2 is a pretty aggressive figure, it's probably easily above 10 megawatts.
So 13 million gigahash per second translates into at least 6.5 megawatts. But 2 is a pretty aggressive figure, it's probably easily above 10 megawatts.