Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

  • @fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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    111 year ago

    Honestly eth just made more progress between built in smart contracts and proof of stake, I’m surprised Bitcoin is still holding on. Sunk cost fallacy I guess.

    • @linearchaos@lemmy.world
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      51 year ago

      I’m not an economist or anything, but I don’t think it’s a sunk cost fallacy I think it’s just a market. They’re all mining both. Just leaning heavier on whichever one makes them more money in the moment. The market is going to have a hell of a lot of inertia.

      • @fruitycoder@sh.itjust.works
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        31 year ago

        That’s a good point a lot of the crypto markets influence is still more focused as an investment vehicle for getting more fiat wealth, that’s more reasonable to me. I guess I am just a die hard engineer and the practical uses matters a lot more than the price of tulips.

        • @linearchaos@lemmy.world
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          21 year ago

          I mean honestly you’re right. Nobody should be left on the Bitcoin side from an environmental or a cost standpoint. But I have no idea how long it’s going to take to catch up.

          I will say that at some point if there is an awakening, bitcoin’s going to crash so f****** hard. And the first ones out are going to make all the money.

    • @Rooter@lemmy.world
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      -91 year ago

      Yep, Ethereum uses less power than a debit/credit transaction or even a PayPal transaction.