> it’s not even using more energy than Christmas lights This claim appears to be untrue - https://charlesarthur.medium.com/does-bitcoin-use-less-energy-than-c

> it’s not even using more energy than Christmas lights This claim appears to be untrue - https://charlesarthur.medium.com/does-bitcoin-use-less-energy-than-christmas-lights-fact-checking-a-dubious-claim-471e08cd555f https://charlesarthur.medium.com/does-bitcoin-use-less-energ... tl;dr - the claim appears to be based on a combination of pre-LED figures in the US, and just plain wrong figures from other countries, and is probably out by a couple of orders of magnitude.