RSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 days agoBitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%www.coindesk.comexternal-linkmessage-square22linkfedilinkarrow-up178arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up177arrow-down1external-linkBitcoin miners are losing $19,000 on every BTC produced as difficulty drops 7.8%www.coindesk.comRSS Bot@lemmy.bestiver.seMB to Hacker News@lemmy.bestiver.seEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square22linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squaremusicalphysics@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·9 hours agoBitcoin runs on electricity, not internal combustion engines. Bitcoin’s use of energy is no more or less damaging to the environment than any other electricity user in the same area.
minus-squarea_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·6 hours agoCool, cool. Which of my appliances requires 535.6 megawatt-hours to run? I mean, my house is about 10, so I may be missing something.
Bitcoin runs on electricity, not internal combustion engines. Bitcoin’s use of energy is no more or less damaging to the environment than any other electricity user in the same area.
Cool, cool. Which of my appliances requires 535.6 megawatt-hours to run? I mean, my house is about 10, so I may be missing something.