misk@sopuli.xyz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 months agoJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumptionwww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square317fedilinkarrow-up1784arrow-down119cross-posted to: environment@lemmy.worldtechnology@lemmy.world
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minus-squarewahming@monyet.cclinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down1·7 months agoWhoever Satoshi was, I wonder how he’s responding to the thought that he’s personally contributed more to global warming than the average billionaire.
minus-squareJasonDJ@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-27 months agoSatoshi is estimated to have wallets totaling as much as 1.1 million btc. That would make them the 26th richest person in the world. If, Satoshi and the wallets actually still exist. Most of those wallets have been completely idle since they were mined I imagine that “Satoshi’s Wallet” is the stuff of legends among cryptographic security researchers.
minus-squarezergtoshi@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoIt’s a bit more than just an estimate. If you want to know more, have a look here: https://bitslog.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-fortune-of-satoshi-nakamoto/ The keys to the addresses exist. Whether someone is in control of them is unclear. It can’t be proven that they’ve been lost.
minus-squaremaness300@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-27 months agoIt’s a drop in the ocean compared to how much energy the banking industry uses.
minus-squareexhaust_fan@lemmy.worldcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoBanks use negligible electricity lmao
minus-squareSnekeyes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 months agoYeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
minus-squareorrk@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoyup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many
minus-squarekautau@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down3·7 months agoProbably not thinking about it on his yacht that he doesn’t pilot or maintain, having built the most successful grifter scheme of all time
minus-squareNιƙƙιDιɱҽʂ@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoI feel like calling bitcoin a grifter scheme is kind of like calling fiat currency a grifter scheme. Which I guess isn’t entirely untrue…
minus-squareEcho Dot@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 months agoOh not this again. Crypto is also fiat. It’s backed by nothing except the trust that it exists, therefore it’s fiat.
Whoever Satoshi was, I wonder how he’s responding to the thought that he’s personally contributed more to global warming than the average billionaire.
Satoshi is estimated to have wallets totaling as much as 1.1 million btc. That would make them the 26th richest person in the world.
If, Satoshi and the wallets actually still exist. Most of those wallets have been completely idle since they were mined
I imagine that “Satoshi’s Wallet” is the stuff of legends among cryptographic security researchers.
It’s a bit more than just an estimate. If you want to know more, have a look here: https://bitslog.com/2013/04/17/the-well-deserved-fortune-of-satoshi-nakamoto/
The keys to the addresses exist. Whether someone is in control of them is unclear. It can’t be proven that they’ve been lost.
It’s a drop in the ocean compared to how much energy the banking industry uses.
Banks use negligible electricity lmao
Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers…
yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many
Probably not thinking about it on his yacht that he doesn’t pilot or maintain, having built the most successful grifter scheme of all time
I feel like calling bitcoin a grifter scheme is kind of like calling fiat currency a grifter scheme. Which I guess isn’t entirely untrue…
Oh not this again.
Crypto is also fiat. It’s backed by nothing except the trust that it exists, therefore it’s fiat.