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0 pointsdecentralised8y ago0 comments

> If a single bitcoin transaction uses enough energy to power 5 households for a day,

Care to share a source for this claim? I think you might have gotten transaction and new block generation mixed there, but I may be wrong, of course.

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mcv8y ago

I got it from the article, but several responses say that it's a misrepresentation by the article, and that more transactions would not consume significantly more energy.

decentralisedOP8y ago

I too think that's the case but I'm always willing to learn.. thanks for answering.

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mcv8y ago

I got it from the article, but several responses say that it's a misrepresentation by the article, and that more transactions would not consume significantly more energy.

decentralisedOP8y ago

I too think that's the case but I'm always willing to learn.. thanks for answering.

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