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minus-squareerrer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·4 months ago10000 seems generous to Bitcoin given a single transaction takes 1.3 megawatt hours. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/how-much-power-does-the-bitcoin-network-use-391280
minus-squarestoy@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down1·4 months agoYou are absolutely right, I must be off by an order of magnitude.
10000 seems generous to Bitcoin given a single transaction takes 1.3 megawatt hours. https://www.thebalancemoney.com/how-much-power-does-the-bitcoin-network-use-391280
You are absolutely right, I must be off by an order of magnitude.