Imagine if that energy was spent folding proteins for medical research, or crunching numbers for particle accelerators so we can understand the universe.
Imagine if that energy was spent folding proteins for medical research, or crunching numbers for particle accelerators so we can understand the universe.
The power consumption of crypto currencies is a problem. For comparison, just to have the full picture, I’d love to see how much energy Visa and MasterCard use for their servers.
Definitely way less per user/transaction.
There are probably a billion transactions daily with tens of millions of users, while the daily crypto users is only half a million. https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/how-many-bitcoin-users/