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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Wasteful but not as bad as golf.

https://www.deseret.com/2022/3/22/22988989/an-illogical-oasis-golf-course-water-usage-st-george-golf

The U.S. Geological Survey’s most recent water use data for Utah shows the state uses about 38 million gallons of water on golf courses per day.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Uh, it's far worse. That's a mere 9k transactions. According to https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_transactions_per_day 12/3/23 had about 71k transactions. So bitcoin is using 7x the water that all the golf courses in Utah use. So in one day Bitcoin used as much water as Utah golf courses use in a week. Low point for this year was around 19k transactions. So still 2 days worth of Utah golf courses.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

let's stop it all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 7 points 11 months ago (1 children)

I'd prefer they both stopped.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)
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