Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agoEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square82fedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down166cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up112arrow-down1external-linkEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 11 months agomessage-square82fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareyo_scottie_oh@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·11 months ago [Alex De Vries] calculated that the computational process behind the Bitcoin network uses 8.6 to 35.1 billion liters of water annually in the United States or roughly one swimming pool’s worth of water per transaction.
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