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by raptortech 1893 days ago
Don't get me wrong, Bitcoin is an ecological nightmare and I think it should be shunned accordingly. But the "fun-fact" that it consumes more energy than solar produces is false.

"Power generation from solar PV is estimated to have increased by 22% in 2019, to 720 TWh" [1]

"Bitcoin miners are expected to consume roughly 130 Terawatt-hours of energy (TWh)" [2]

[1] https://www.iea.org/reports/solar-pv [2] https://techcrunch.com/2021/03/21/the-debate-about-cryptocur...

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> Bitcoin is an ecological nightmare

Compared with other forms of currency, how does it stack up?