alt Hacker NewsIsn't that only the energy of 1 liter per person per year? I think most people heat more water than that.
(Also I think bitcoin energy usage is also on the order of 0.001% of global energy use.)
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dbdr • today at 12:33 PM
A quick search says 200 TWh for bitcoin mining per year, out of a total of 31 000 TWh of electricity generation, that is, 0.6%, or 600 times more than what you thought.
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Thanks, you're right, I'm off by x365. But still it's a very insignificant value.