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[-] chakan2@lemmy.world 6 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I want to agree with you, but crypto mining is orders of magnitude more energy than the worst lazy energy leaks.

[-] Leeker@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

Not that I don't believe you, but do you have a source for that?

[-] parrhesia@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

There were sources in the article that says that Bitcoin mining basically wasted a countries worth of resources, increasing our overall electric bills.

[-] Leeker@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago

Yeah I see that now. Thanks for pointing it out. It did take a minute to go through and find the actual sources as The Verge likes to source themselves. So I'll put the two (at least I think) sources.
This source shows where most of the mining is taking place.

This is the second source that shows how much Energy is being consumed.

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