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> The bitcoin network annually wastes 78 TWh (terrawatt hours) annually or the energy consumption of several million US households. That seems like a lot, no?
by neolog 6y ago
> The bitcoin network annually wastes 78 TWh (terrawatt hours) annually or the energy consumption of several million US households.
That seems like a lot, no?
- andy_ppp 6y agoWe still need to move to fossil fuel free energy with Bitcoin being a huge energy user or not. It seems like a lot but money has to be backed by something, a percentage of the total processing power on Earth makes sense.