Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor
PYMNTS
MARCH 2, 2018
For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.
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