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> How much energy did it consume to mint all the physical metal coins we have in circulation? At lot less than what it takes to mine bitcoin. And bitcoin is a
by user-the-name 6y ago
> How much energy did it consume to mint all the physical metal coins we have in circulation?
At lot less than what it takes to mine bitcoin. And bitcoin is a tiny, tiny, vanishingly small fraction of "all metal coins we have in circulation".