Helen Keller -
Her Socialist Years. Writings and Speeches
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Thursday, 17 May 2018
quote [ Bitcoin is on track to consume 0.5 percent of the world's electricity by end of the year. ]
Why did I buy all those led light bulbs for my house?
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midden said @ 2:47am GMT on 18th May
A good question. However, as I understand it, simply transmitting information from one location to another takes many orders of magnitude less energy than the hardcore entropy busting involved in bitcoin mining.
midden said @ 2:50am GMT on 18th May
A good question. However, as I understand it, simply transmitting information from one location to another takes many orders of magnitude less energy than the hardcore entropy busting involved in bitcoin mining. And the algorithms involved in trading are far less energy dissipating.
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midden said @ 2:47am GMT on 18th May
A good question. However, as I understand it, simply transmitting information from one location to another takes many orders of magnitude less energy than the hardcore entropy busting involved in bitcoin mining. And the algorithms involved in trading are far less energy dissipating.
