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Bla, bla... 4% of global energy use.., bla, bla.. support me on Patreon. That's what passes for an HN front-page article nowadays? Breeding cows is almost 3x t
by unveiler_1 5y ago
Bla, bla... 4% of global energy use.., bla, bla.. support me on Patreon. That's what passes for an HN front-page article nowadays?
Breeding cows is almost 3x the % energy consumed quoted [0] (admittedly, in greenhouse gas emissions, but who's counting, no?)
GPU market increased 20%+ YoY [1] to what I estimate being a ±400MM unit year; that's 80M GPUs at the 1/5 share quoted; assume an average of 6 GPUs per (retail) miner, that's 13MM miners; there are 2675 Ethereum nodes as of right now [2]; I call bullshit, again.
So again, why do people post this clickbait crap here? And why does it make the front page of HN? Because crypto? There's tons of other reasons for "because crypto", and I'd love to believe we're less gullible than that over here.
(of course, please let the downvotes flow to your liking, "because crypro")
[0] https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/ https://www.fao.org/news/story/en/item/197623/icode/
[1] https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211110005748/en/2021-Quarterly-Report-on-GPU-Shipments---Featuring-AMD-Intel-and-Nvidia---ResearchAndMarkets.com https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20211110005748/en/202...
[2] https://ethernodes.org https://ethernodes.org
- EGreg 5y agoCows are eaten. The proof of work does what exactly vs proof of stake or something else?
- unveiler_1 5y agoSteaks get eaten to, no? /s The author's nowhere close to making a mindful argument between PoW and Pos, the whole article seems to be meant to drive people to Patreon based on some %s that should drive people mad. That's my point. It's a very polarised issue and I would expect more scrutiny and spider-sense here, precisely in your down-voting vein - at least you've put some thought, and steak(?) into it!