“The worldwide BTC mining network consumed 173.42 TWh of electricity during the 2020–2021 period, bigger than the electricity consumption of most nations. The mining process emitted over 85.89 Mt of CO2eq in the same timeframe, equivalent to the emission caused by burning [42 million tons] of coal or running 190 natural gas‐fired power plants.”
@ScottAkenhead And let's not get over the #energy wasted to build #Bitcoin :bitcoin: #ASIC|s, because fabricating custom #silicon that cannot be repurposed for anything at all alongside the #PCBs and auxiliary components takes a shitload of expensive and not envoirementally-friendly materials and an absurd amount of energy.
Compared to i.e. #Monero :monero: where COTS hardware is used that can be used for computing and not end up as #eWaste once it's unprofitable to #mine with...
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