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If Bitcoin were a country, it would be the 61st greediest in the world in terms of power consumption...
https://hacked.com/power-consumption-for-bitcoin-mining-is-now-ranked-61st-in-the-world/
The Bitcoin network already uses over $1.6 billion worth of electricity a year...
https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption
This is something I wanted to debunk myself in an article but haven't had the time. There was someone on Twitter the other day offering either $20k or $200k (I actually think it was the latter) to a hardcore researcher to run a study into the topic. Anyway, think about how much energy is used, on a macro level, maintaining the current fiat monetary system. Really think about it. BTC, no matter how wasteful it is, is far less environmentally unfriendly than fiat. It does create far-fewer jobs though.... back to the Rioja.