misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square81fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarebaltakatei@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-29 months agoUltimately, mining should be banned from the surface of Earth. Let miners build orbital solar panel infrastructure close to the Sun where power is plentiful. See Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s 2017-09-10 presentation on the subject (transcript). Edit: Fixed URL. Edit2; Add transcript link.
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0arrow-down1·9 months agoWait till you find out how much energy banking uses…
Ultimately, mining should be banned from the surface of Earth. Let miners build orbital solar panel infrastructure close to the Sun where power is plentiful. See Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s 2017-09-10 presentation on the subject (transcript).
Edit: Fixed URL. Edit2; Add transcript link.
Wait till you find out how much energy banking uses…