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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 45 points 1 year ago (25 children)

Whoever Satoshi was, I wonder how he's responding to the thought that he's personally contributed more to global warming than the average billionaire.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (14 children)

It's a drop in the ocean compared to how much energy the banking industry uses.

[–] exhaust_fan@lemmy.world -4 points 1 year ago (5 children)

Banks use negligible electricity lmao

[–] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 12 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers..

[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago

Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 1 year ago

yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many

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