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Does one transaction on Bitcoin require 215 kWh215 kWh?

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Does one transaction on Bitcoin require 215kWh215 kWh?

This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) [sic] of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

Source: One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week

215kWh215 kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215kWh215 kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

Does one transaction on Bitcoin require 215kWh?

This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

Source: One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week

215kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

Does one transaction on Bitcoin require 215 kWh?

This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) [sic] of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

Source: One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week

215 kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215 kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

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This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

Source: https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-changeOne Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week

215kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricity-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change

215kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

This seems unbelievable:

This averages out to a shocking 215 kilowatt-hours (KWh) of juice used by miners for each Bitcoin transaction (there are currently about 300,000 transactions per day).

Source: One Bitcoin Transaction Now Uses as Much Energy as Your House in a Week

215kWh is an enormous amount of energy.

Even if mining bitcoins uses a lot of processor power, 215kWh is still enormous.

Are they confusing all transactions with just mining?

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