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submitted 2 years ago by AgreeableLandscape@lemmy.ml to c/crypto@lemmy.ml

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Imagine if that energy was spent folding proteins for medical research, or crunching numbers for particle accelerators so we can understand the universe.

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[–] sunblocker@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

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.

[–] agarorn@feddit.de 3 points 2 years ago

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/