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by TheSpiceIsLife 2445 days ago
> Bitcoin ... 600kWh of electricity are consumed for each transaction

That’s jaw dropping.

Where can I read more about this?

Found this:

https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption

Which appears to support your claim.

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Yeah, that's where I realized the magnitude of the number. They've got a bunch of extra reading articles at the bottom. The CBECI data from Cambridge University lines up with it (and I think is referenced from the Digiconomist writeup). Its methodology section explains how they got where they did [1].

[1] https://www.cbeci.org/methodology/

I think I need to have a lay down