SLP487 Bitcoin Mining Energy Debate - Digiconomist and Ben Gagnon
Stephan Livera Podcast
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The Disproportionality of Bitcoin's Electricity Consumption
The Bitcoin network is consuming 140 TWh of electrical energy per year, the lower bound is 70. The regular financial system does 2.1 trillion cashless payments plus unspecified amount of cash transactions. If you take the number, you have plenty to go on for your policy discussions.
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