misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 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-square360fedilinkarrow-up11.02Kcross-posted to: hackernews@lemmy.smeargle.fanstechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squareRememberTheApollo_@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up41·edit-28 months agoModern day gold rush. Digging up more and more dirt for diminishing returns while destroying the environment. Bitcoin using more and more power for essentially the same.
Modern day gold rush.
Digging up more and more dirt for diminishing returns while destroying the environment.
Bitcoin using more and more power for essentially the same.