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From the article: VISA Network Statistics VISA's estimated annual electricity consumption (TWh) 0.54 Number of U.S. households that could be powered by VISA
by _Marak_ 9y ago
From the article:
VISA Network Statistics
VISA's estimated annual electricity consumption (TWh) 0.54
Number of U.S. households that could be powered by VISA 50,000
Electricity consumed per transaction (KWh) 0.00651
Number of seconds the electricity consumed by 1 VISA transaction could power 1 U.S. household 19
Number of VISA transactions that could be powered with the electricity consumed by 1 Bitcoin transaction 20,983
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- Rmilb 9y agoA decentralized network has trade offs associated with it.