misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square361fedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down129cross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareSnekeyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15arrow-down3·9 months agoYeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down3·9 months agoIncluding everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·9 months agoyup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many
Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.
yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many