misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square15fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareexhaust_fan@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoBanks use negligible electricity lmao
minus-squareSnekeyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·9 months agoYeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
minus-squareclgoh@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down2·9 months agoIncluding everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.
Banks use negligible electricity lmao
Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.