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May 16, 2018 05:20 pm
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xlt5OpC_f88/nobody-knows-how-much-energy-bitcoin-is-using
Nobody Knows How Much Energy Bitcoin Is Using
dmoberhaus writes: A new report published in 'Joule' today claims Bitcoin may use up to 0.5% of the world's energy by the end of this year. We often hear about how bad Bitcoin is for the environment -- it already uses the same amount of energy as the country of Ireland -- but these numbers are usually just the /minimum/ amount of energy the network must be using. The actual amount of energy used by the Bitcoin network is likely substantially higher, but getting an accurate reading on that energy level is hard. The only researcher trying to quantify Bitcoin's energy use spoke to Motherboard about opening Bitcoin's 'black box.'Read more of this story at Slashdot.
Original Link: http://rss.slashdot.org/~r/Slashdot/slashdot/~3/xlt5OpC_f88/nobody-knows-how-much-energy-bitcoin-is-using
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