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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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[–] [email protected] 11 points 11 months 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.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 11 months ago

let's stop it all.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Do you mean 3/12/2023?