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Bitcoin mining in Texas can quite literally result in the loss of human lives if they further squeeze the capacity of the already unstable local grid. twitter.com/peterjhowson/s…

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The latest Ethereum Energy Consumption Index is 91.703 TWh per Year/8.49 Mil US households ethereumenergyconsumption.com 194.2 KWh per unique transaction (powers 1 US household for 6.6 days) #MakeEthereumSustainable

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Bitcoin mining in Texas can quite literally result in the loss of human lives if they further squeeze the capacity of the already unstable local grid. twitter.com/peterjhowson/s…

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12:26 pm · November 25, 2021
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Two 6 hour flights and still a lower carbon footprint than a single Bitcoin transaction (923kg CO2). twitter.com/erikvoorhees/s…

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Crypto mining company Xive shut down a 2,500 rig mine in South Kazakhstan due to lack of sufficient electricity supply from the national grid. By @egreechee trib.al/xCFz5YI

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Bitcoin #EWaste Generation is at 28.043 kilotonnes p/y (comparable to the small IT equipment waste of The Netherlands) bitcoinelectronicwaste.com A footprint of 276.5 grams per unique transaction (equal to the weight of 1.7 iPhones 12 or 0.6 iPads) #MakeBitcoinSustainabl

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Two 6 hour flights and still a lower carbon footprint than a single Bitcoin transaction (923kg CO2). twitter.com/erikvoorhees/s…

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Bitcoin miners are doing nothing more than exploiting vulnerable communities like these authors.elsevier.com/c/1e5aF7… It’s a prime example of crypto-colonialism vice.com/en/article/88g… twitter.com/bitcoinmagazin…

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In Proof-of-Work miners can take advantage of economies of scale, which is a barrier to entry and a natural driver of monopolistic power. It has nothing to do with equality, as it promotes the opposite. twitter.com/DigiEconomist/…

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