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> 12 million terabytes So 12 Exabytes? ¹ ¹ or 11 Exbibytes
by qalmakka 5y ago
> 12 million terabytes
So 12 Exabytes? ¹
¹ or 11 Exbibytes
- WantonQuantum 5y agoThis! As the numbers become larger, the distinction becomes more important.
- gwern 5y agoI dislike how articles like this not only don't provide the relevant numbers like percentages, the numbers they do provide are not even the same bases: "Around 12 million terabytes of hard disc space is currently being used to mine Chia, having risen on an exponential curve since its launch in March. ... Hoffman says that if all hard discs sold in a year – which could hold data totalling roughly 1 zettabyte, or 1 billion terabytes – were used exclusively for mining Chia, it would still use less than 1 per cent of the energy currently used by bitcoin." Quick, divide 12 million into 1 billion in your head! "Uhhh..." (It's 1.2%.)
- rainsil 5y agoIs the 1.2% intended as a contrast to the "<1%" claim?
- 22c 5y agoYeah but that doesn't sound as cool! Chia network is currently 12.04 EiB