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Each Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortages (www.tomshardware.com)
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[–] WHYAREWEALLCAPS@kbin.social 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Uh, it's far worse. That's a mere 9k transactions. According to https://ycharts.com/indicators/bitcoin_transactions_per_day 12/3/23 had about 71k transactions. So bitcoin is using 7x the water that all the golf courses in Utah use. So in one day Bitcoin used as much water as Utah golf courses use in a week. Low point for this year was around 19k transactions. So still 2 days worth of Utah golf courses.

[–] vivadanang@lemm.ee 4 points 2 years ago

let's stop it all.

[–] ultra@feddit.ro 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Do you mean 3/12/2023?