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Bitcoin Mining Became More Sustainable in 2021
- vanusa 5y agoBitcoin’s energy consumption remains insignificant It's hard to call an amount (220 Twh) that exceeds that of all the world's data centers (209 Twh) or of multiple countries in Europe "insignificant". Especially when it is disproportionately based on coal (and keeping many plants alive that should otherwise be shut down). And which has been growing something like 50-100 percent YoY for the past several years. When we desperately need global usage and energy usage to decrease, not increase.