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This shitty comment uses a kilojoule max. A single BTC transaction uses 1880 kWh. https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/

This shitty comment uses a kilojoule max. A single BTC transaction uses 1880 kWh. https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

foepys 5y ago
A Bitcoin transaction doesn't consume much energy, only the block generation does. An empty Bitcoin block still consumes the same amount of energy. Which in the end makes it even worse.
VMG 5y ago
this calculation ignores layer-2 transactions which are just a few TCP packets