Bitcoin Mining requires more electricity than all households together!

in #bitcoin7 years ago (edited)

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In Iceland bitcoin mining requires more electricity than all 340,000 icelandic households together.

Therefore Pirate Party legislator McCarthy wants bitcoin mining to be regulated and taxed.

https://apnews.com/a6cd50b37105447991be9a9ce76c2421/Energy-riches-fuel-bitcoin-craze-for-speculation-shy-Iceland

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I've always wondered why people don't just power them with solar or a tesla battery or something. I do think they are working on this problem though by creating stronger GPU hashing chips. But honestly I have no idea what I'm talking about. I just think there is a better solution to this.

That is a pretty crazy figure. I read that it cost over a $1000 of electricity to mine one BTC. The good new is, BTC should never drop below a $1000.