Lee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down11cross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
arrow-up1-1arrow-down1external-linkEach Bitcoin transaction uses 4,200 gallons of water — enough to fill a swimming pool — and could potentially cause freshwater shortageswww.tomshardware.comLee Duna@lemmy.nz to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square33fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@beehaw.org
minus-squareSnot Flickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·10 months agoI mean, yeah, it’s bad. We shouldn’t be ignoring how bad bitcoin is for the environment. But are you really gonna tell me that all the computers and CPU time that Wall Street uses for trading somehow takes less? It doesn’t matter what financial system you use, you’re still burning energy to make it work.
I mean, yeah, it’s bad. We shouldn’t be ignoring how bad bitcoin is for the environment.
But are you really gonna tell me that all the computers and CPU time that Wall Street uses for trading somehow takes less?
It doesn’t matter what financial system you use, you’re still burning energy to make it work.
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