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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: Wharf Rat who wrote (1391482)2/15/2023 7:24:43 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (1) of 1583823
 
Thanks Wharfie. According to that article, cryptocurrency is responsible for 0.5% of all electrical consumption in the world.

Given that electricity represents roughly 20% of all CO2 emissions, that means crypto is responsible for 0.1% overall.

Or as Algore would put it, the equivalent of 600 hIrOsHiMa-cLaSs aToMiC bOmBs!!!
Will you be using the answer to propose heat-neutral solutions, or is this just an academic exercise?
Neither.

I'm VERY interested in blockchain, how it is useful for public ledger transactions, and how it is indeed super-wasteful when it comes to energy-intensive compute cycles.

But I don't need to use apocalyptic language like 600 hIrOsHiMa-cLaSs aToMiC bOmBs to be motivated in coming up with better solutions.

Tenchusatsu
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