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Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

IMO seems like a policy change could easily fix this issue if computers are cooling using freshwater. It also doesn’t seem like this issue is limited to bitcoin.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 9 months ago

Anything with proof of work applies, but of course BTC is by far the largest.

Another field that is using a ridiculous amount of power and thus water for cooling is AI.