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Dan Sugalski (wordshaper@weatherishappening.network)'s status on Tuesday, 28-Jan-2025 06:31:49 JST Dan Sugalski

"1 BTC TXN on avg consumes as much power as a US household over 1.5 months.
It just gets even worse if you consider e-waste generation & water consumption as well, since on average one iPhone’s weight worth of e-waste is generated on every single BTC TXN while a full backyard swimming pool worth of water goes up in smoke as well"
Good grief. I knew they were bad but I didn't realize *how* bad. (Money laundering, turns out, can be extremely profitable...)
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  Attached: 4 images As a result, if you’re in London and want to send money to New York, environmentally you’d be better off taking the plane to deliver a bag of cash than sending a BTC TXN. 1 BTC TXN on avg consumes as much power as a US household over 1.5 months It just gets even worse if you consider e-waste generation & water consumption as well, since on average one iPhone’s weight worth of e-waste is generated on every single BTC TXN while a full backyard swimming pool worth of water goes up in smoke as well

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