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0 pointstylersmith8y ago0 comments

Energy consumption is in no way related to transaction volume. Whether there are thousands of txs per block or only one the energy used will be the same.

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matt_wulfeck8y ago

Which is part of the problem, since the max number of transactions Bitcoin can process a second is around 10.

tylersmithOP8y ago

Sure, but it means it when it can handle thousands of transactions the energy usage doesn't need to increase.

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0 pointstylersmith8y ago0 comments

Energy consumption is in no way related to transaction volume. Whether there are thousands of txs per block or only one the energy used will be the same.

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matt_wulfeck8y ago

Which is part of the problem, since the max number of transactions Bitcoin can process a second is around 10.

tylersmithOP8y ago

Sure, but it means it when it can handle thousands of transactions the energy usage doesn't need to increase.

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