> But I feel like humans have enough technology under their belt that enough electricity generation isn't a dire situation. It isn't a direct situation it is j

> But I feel like humans have enough technology under their belt that enough electricity generation isn't a dire situation. It isn't a direct situation it is just wasteful... > Side not, I wonder how much electricity gaming system uses. A high end system uses around 750W and assuming 3 hours of game play a day is around 800kWh a year, so enough for 2.5 Bitcoin transactions. Besides honest question: is there anything about Bitcoin that is experimental anymore? Seems most research switched to different coins so defending Bitcoin to defend research is odd.