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The amount of electricity consumed by the largest cryptocurrency networks has decreased by up to 50% as the “crypto winter” continues to eat at the incomes of “miners” and financial contagion spreads further throughout the sector.

The electricity consumption of the bitcoin network has fallen by a third from its high of 11 June, down to an annualised 131 terawatt-hours a year, according to estimates from the crypto analyst Digiconomist. That still equates to the annual consumption of Argentina, with a single conventional bitcoin transaction using the same amount of electricity that a typical US household would use over 50 days.

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[–] toneverends@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Hmm.. Cue the 51% attacks?

[–] rysiek@szmer.info 2 points 2 years ago

...down to an annualised 131 terawatt-hours a year

Go for it.