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Holy smokes, these things generate a ton of CO2 if it takes a metric ton to store indefinitely on the blockchain. That's apparently 1/5-1/8 the CO2 of RUNNING
by slaymaker1907 5y ago
Holy smokes, these things generate a ton of CO2 if it takes a metric ton to store indefinitely on the blockchain.
That's apparently 1/5-1/8 the CO2 of RUNNING AN ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD FOR A YEAR.
https://www.whatitcosts.com/carbon-offsets-cost-prices/ https://www.whatitcosts.com/carbon-offsets-cost-prices/
The only way I see this as not being terrible is if the offset is much less bad on a yearly basis.
This also seems to be hundreds of times more CO2 than the average US internet user uses in a year.
https://www.energuide.be/en/questions-answers/do-i-emit-co2-when-i-surf-the-internet/69/ https://www.energuide.be/en/questions-answers/do-i-emit-co2-...
- StavrosK 5y agoI don't think it takes a ton, they were probably overcompensating.
- Symbiote 5y agoOne Bitcoin transaction is about half a tonne of CO2. (I don't know about this system, is it using the Bitcoin blockchain?) https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/ https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption/
- nicksdjohnson 5y ago1T is a huge overcompensation. If you take Ethereum's estimated daily carbon output and divide it by its daily gas units (the unit by which computation is measured) and assign responsiblity that way, minting an Amulet consumes about 20KG CO2 emissions. Transferring one, about half that.