Is it just me, or is the fact that Bitcoin uses almost half a percent of the wor...

xvector on Sept 9, 2019 | parent | context | favorite | on: Show HN: wehatecaptchas – we’ll keep the bots out ...

Is it just me, or is the fact that Bitcoin uses almost half a percent of the world's electricity completely insane!? It's unfathomable! Half a percent of the sum total of human energy expenditure! Just for some pointless hashing!

johnmaguire on Sept 9, 2019 [–]

Not the sum total of human energy expenditure. Of electricity expenditure.