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by hatboxreappoint 1910 days ago
> there is data that shows that gaming consumes way more than blockchain

Source?
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madrox 1910 days ago
These are the sources I've used when I've gone looking, but it doesn't help that we don't actually do industry-by-industry energy consumption comparisons.

[1] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/257768246_Electrici... - US energy consumption by video game consoles in the US alone was 16 TWh in 2010

[2] https://grist.org/article/video-games-consume-more-electrici... - Globally, PC gaming (not console gaming) was estimated at 75 TWh in 2018

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andybak 1910 days ago
If I had to bet I would probably bet that "all the gamers in the world" are using more power than "all the crypto miners in the world".

I can't think of a way to immediately gather any evidence for this either way but it seems like a plausible position to take.

(However - I think the value > utility chain is easier to argue for with gaming. I'm not making the same argument as the parent post.)

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