As Bitcoin continues its stride towards mainstream adoption, it turns out that its surging price rates are not the only thing experiencing a sudden increase. New research indicates that the popular cryptocurrency now consumes more electricity than more than 20 countries in Europe.
Researchers from British energy price comparison platform Power Compare have discovered that the total volume of electricity required for mining Bitcoin the computational process that keeps transactions on the blockchain moving now amounts to more consumption than 159 individual countries.
Källa: Bitcoin mining consumes more electricity than 20+ European countries
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