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by jakedata 1719 days ago
https://solar.lowtechmagazine.com/power.html

The website is powered entirely by solar and is currently consuming 2.44 watts. With that massive power consumption they are probably mining bitcoin too.

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2.4w? My led bulbs use 4w - I doubt you could mine much bitcoin with that low a power?
Pretty sure he was kidding? But either way, you could mine bitcoins using 0-watt of conventional electricity: https://www.righto.com/2014/09/mining-bitcoin-with-pencil-an...
My sarcasm detector was fully broken that day. It is obvious it was a joke now, but on some ramdom pre coffee morning I didn't get it - doh!
2.4w is raspi zero range energy usage with no monitor, just processor, ram, & ethernet.