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I recall Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms Beyond Proof-of-Work [1] showing Polkadot comparative to visa in energy efficiency, and Tezos and H
by em3rgent0rdr 5y ago
I recall Energy Footprint of Blockchain Consensus Mechanisms
Beyond Proof-of-Work [1] showing Polkadot comparative to visa in energy efficiency, and Tezos and Hedera significantly more energy efficient than visa, and Eth. 2.0 optimistically more energy efficient than visa.
Platform | Per transaction (kW h/tx)
Eth. 2.0 | 0.00009 – 0.00286 (High throughput projection)
Eth. 2.0 | 0.01823 – 0.55713 (Low throughput projection)
Algorand | 0.00017 – 0.00534
Cardano | 0.01239 – 0.37854
Polkadot | 0.00378 – 0.11556
Tezos | 0.00036 – 0.01096
Hedera | 0.00002 – 0.00004
Bitcoin | 360.39300 – 3691.40700
VisaNet | 0.00358
[1] http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/UCL_CBT_DPS_Q32021_updated-2.pdf http://blockchain.cs.ucl.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/UC...