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To: cosmicforce who wrote (480052)9/24/2021 4:45:55 PM
From: Jamie153  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 541115
 
You missed my point on energy and cryptocurrencies. Their only real value is the amount of energy it took to create them.



To: cosmicforce who wrote (480052)9/24/2021 4:56:56 PM
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The Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index estimated that one Bitcoin transaction takes 1,544 kWh to complete, or the equivalent of approximately 53 days of power for the average US household."