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2022-09-22 08:15:35 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 1468A90A04DC543EF510C6E2E3CA1A4D
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Bitcoin mining consumes an enormous amount of energy - 150 terawatts annually. https://news.climate.columbia.edu/2022/05/04/cryptocurrency-energy/ Using heat from bitcoin mining to produce food or heat buildings would require additional infrastructure, not just heat dissipating from banks of computers dedicated to nothing but mining bitcoin.
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