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Just 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] [email protected] 11 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Watch out! Lemmy is full of Fudd that are not part of the cult. You need actual data to convince them and not even just the comparison of 2 numbers but something that takes into account the comparative size of both industries.

Don't worry, you will be able to laugh at them after your gambling addiction pays up.

(Jk you might not even be a line goes up guy but you do seem to have a lot of the crypto bible memorized)

[–] [email protected] 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I can't tell if these crypto people (comparing the energy use of banking to Bitcoin) are dumb, or if they think everyone else is.