misktoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption(www.tomshardware.com)external-linkarrow-up11.02Karrow-down130message-square360fedilink
arrow-up1989arrow-down1external-linkJust 137 crypto miners use 2.3% of total U.S. power — government now requiring commercial miners to report energy consumption(www.tomshardware.com)misktoTechnology@lemmy.worldEnglish·8 months agocross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldmessage-square360fedilink
minus-squareEager EagleEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down0·8 months agoedit-28 months agolinkfedilinkmeaning PoW is not such a problem when applied to create consensus in local or niche blockchains as the difficulty (and energy consumption) is orders of magnitude lower. For widely used coins it’s a terrible choice.
meaning PoW is not such a problem when applied to create consensus in local or niche blockchains as the difficulty (and energy consumption) is orders of magnitude lower. For widely used coins it’s a terrible choice.
PoW isn’t a problem at all.