So, you're telling me that US crypto mining used more power last year than ALL THE COMPUTERS?!
www.pcgamer.com
The upper limit could actually put it on par with the energy consumed by all the lighting in the United States. Eep.

as per White House report. they need to regulate this out of existence

  • Tachanka [comrade/them]
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    2 years ago

    crypto has been around since 2010. Granted around that time I saw it mostly as passing curiosity. A fad for libertarian cranks and people who wanted to buy drugs on the internet. It wasn't until around 2017 that I learned how the "currency" is "mined" and how detrimental to the environment it is.