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whitev70r · 02-27-2021, 07:02 PM

FWIW, from BBC:

Bitcoin's energy consumption 'equals that of Switzerland'
https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48853230

Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows.

However, one expert argued that it was the crypto-currency's carbon footprint that really mattered.

Currently, the tool estimates that Bitcoin is using around seven gigawatts of electricity, equal to 0.21% of the world's supply. That is as much power as would be generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants at once.

Mr de Vries said that Bitcoin still appears to use far more energy per transaction than all the world's banks put together, when considering the amount of energy used by data centres.

02-27-2021, 07:02 PM	#2883
whitev70r Willing to sell body for a few minutes on RS Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: 604 Posts: 10,438 Thanked 6,268 Times in 3,018 Posts Failed 320 Times in 161 Posts	FWIW, from BBC: Bitcoin's energy consumption 'equals that of Switzerland' https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-48853230 Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows. However, one expert argued that it was the crypto-currency's carbon footprint that really mattered. Currently, the tool estimates that Bitcoin is using around seven gigawatts of electricity, equal to 0.21% of the world's supply. That is as much power as would be generated by seven Dungeness nuclear power plants at once. Mr de Vries said that Bitcoin still appears to use far more energy per transaction than all the world's banks put together, when considering the amount of energy used by data centres.