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On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

On Bitcoin Energy Use - The 4.6 billion streams of "Despacito" used as much electricity as the combined annual electricity consumption of Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Somalia, Sierra Leone and the Central African Republic. If we are going to talk on Bitcoin, the

https://www.reddit.com/r/todayilearned/comments/jzq36t/til\_that\_the\_46\_billion\_streams\_of\_despacito\_used/ Lets also emphasize here this is for a MUSIC VIDEO and just one of millions of millions of YouTube videos. Nothing transaction wise or...

Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph ​ - 3 years ago

As Bitcoin price staggers, ‘whale’ wallets may be becoming an endangered species

The number of whale wallets is down 16% since February. As Bitcoin looks to recover on Friday from a stomach-churning dip on the back of a strong bid, on-chain data in...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

A failure to understand proof of work is a failure to understand #Bitcoin. A thread. ????????

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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

This is how my bitcoin is mined

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More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

How much Bitcoin is a farm like this pushing a day?

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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago

Square Declares It Won’t Buy More Bitcoin, Cites Network’s Carbon Footprint

Square, a fintech and digital payments company, has declared earlier today it doesn’t have plans to purchase more bitcoin in the near future. The company also referred to the carbon footprint of the Bitcoin network and how it is a real issue th...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

Bitcoin Miner Argo Buys Two Hydro-Powered Data Centers

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Bitcoin News / Bitcoin.com - 3 years ago

Bitcoin Whale Count Shrinks- Speculators Assume Trickle Distribution or Possible Address Reorganizations

The price of bitcoin has seen better days, as the coin’s value hit $59,600 four days ago and then saw the exchange rate tumble to a low of $45,700 per unit on May 12. There have been talks of whales selling coins and data shows that there&rsquo...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

Why is no one talking about, that the energy consumption of Bitcoin is a security mechanism against specific network attacks?

There are multiple reasons why the energy consumption makes sense, since it prevents certain network attacks, like following: You really have to invest much in hardware & energy to mine blocks - and unlike with POS coins, it's therefore not...

by COINS NEWS - 3 years ago

Grow up: Bitcoin deserves all the criticism it has gotten lately

Criticism of BTC: ✅ Energy inefficient ✅ Slow ✅ Expensive transactions Acting like anything else is delusional and makes all of us look like lunatic cult members. To see people defend Bitcoin this much is kindda embarrassing. It's the first crypt...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

Why are they looking at power consumption for Bitcoin mining when I bet no one ever assessed fuel or energy consumption or environmental impact mining actual mining (blowing up mountains, killing wildlife, polluting water etc)

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Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph ​ - 3 years ago

I spy with my laser eye: A Twitter phenomenon to make Bitcoin mainstream?

An increasing number of high-profile celebrities have continued to adopt the “laser eye” meme on Twitter in recent months. Beams of light flashing out of a person’s ey...

More / Bitcoin Reddit - 3 years ago

MicroStrategy Buys $15 Million Bitcoin, Rejects Elon Musk’s Bitcoin Criticism

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Cryptocoins News / CoinJournal - 3 years ago

Weekly Report: Bitcoin and Ether ETFs make headlines

From crypto ETF products to stable coins, here are the leading stories you might have missed this weekVanEck looking to be the first to list an Ether ETFGlobal investment firm VanEck is likely to be the first institution to have an Ethereum ETF in th...

Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph ​ - 3 years ago

Turkish customs confiscate over 500 smuggled Bitcoin mining rigs

Turkey’s biggest bust against crypto mining smugglers resulted in the seizure of $600,000 worth of illegal Bitcoin ASIC miners and the detention of four suspects. Turk...

Cryptocoins News / The Cointelegraph ​ - 3 years ago

‘Fear’ grips Bitcoin as crypto market sentiment drops to lowest levels since April 2020

Trader sentiment is verging on “extreme fear” as the Crypto Fear & Greed Index shows signs of the climate after the March 2020 cross-asset crash. Bitcoin (BTC) and...