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applegrove

(118,696 posts) Thu Nov 30, 2023, 02:41 AM Nov 2023

Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill "a back yard swimming pool", a new study suggests.

https://bbc.com/news/technology-67564205

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Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill "a back yard swimming pool", a new study suggests.

That's around six million times more than is used in a typical credit card swipe, Alex de Vries of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, calculates.

The figure is due to the water used to power and cool the millions of computers worldwide Bitcoin relies on.

It comes as many regions struggle with fresh water shortages.

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And almost as much electricity as the entire country of Poland progree Nov 2023 #1

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1. And almost as much electricity as the entire country of Poland

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Thu Nov 30, 2023, 08:51 AM

Nov 2023

Last edited Thu Nov 30, 2023, 01:26 PM - Edit history (1)

https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-67564205
"Bitcoin is so power hungry it uses only marginally less electricity than the entire country of Poland, according to figures from Cambridge University" ( https://ccaf.io/cbnsi/cbeci/comparisons ) .

ETA - the above ccaf.io link compares Bitcoin electricity usage with about every other imaginable electricity usage statistic.

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