misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square222fedilinkarrow-up1996cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
arrow-up1996external-linkJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.commisk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square222fedilinkcross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldhackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
minus-squareHACKthePRISONS@kolektiva.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·10 months agoyou can certainly use it: using the protocol to transact doesn’t contribute meaningfully to power consumption. power consumption is almost entirely in the mining.
you can certainly use it: using the protocol to transact doesn’t contribute meaningfully to power consumption. power consumption is almost entirely in the mining.