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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
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The U.S government wants to crack down on the ballooning energy consumption of Bitcoin miners.

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[–] LinkOpensChest_wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 months ago

The article cites a study by the EIA, a government agency. Doesn't look fake to me.