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Still a lot better than bitcoin, that uses even more power to produce only SHA256 hashes, not even pretty pictures.
by ForHackernews 2y ago
Still a lot better than bitcoin, that uses even more power to produce only SHA256 hashes, not even pretty pictures.
- exe34 2y agoHey now, my shitcoins give me joy. Now the gaming industry...
- sirnicolaz 2y agoand an entire monetary system (just a small by-product)
- BSDobelix 2y agoAny alternatives? That's like saying that producing food for people is the biggest ecological footprint.
- creesch 2y agoComparing to things that do worse is one sure way to never improve though.
- akimbostrawman 2y agoOr the thousands of banking systems
- Tenoke 2y agoI was skeptical that Bitcoin still uses more than AI but it seems to indeed be the case (or close) - current Energy estimates for Bitcoin recently are at 175 TW/h[0] (though I don't know if those are extra pessimistic or not). For AI the total consumption is perhaps a little less currently (the figures I find quickly differ) but mostly projected to go over twice that in the next couple of years[1]. 0. https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption 1. https://www.windindustrie-in-deutschland.de/meldungen/electricity-consumption-set-to-triple-in-four-years https://www.windindustrie-in-deutschland.de/meldungen/electr...