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Currently, bitcoin uses about 1 out of every 5,500 Watts being generated on the planet.[1,2] So, unless bitcoin is secretly a paperclip optimizer, that should o
by carbocation 9y ago
Currently, bitcoin uses about 1 out of every 5,500 Watts being generated on the planet.[1,2] So, unless bitcoin is secretly a paperclip optimizer, that should offer some upper limit.
1 = https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_energy_consumption
2 = https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption