Katie FKatieLoves2Read@mastodon.social
2/28/2024#TIL that 1/50th of the US #energy demand is used for cryptocurrency mining.
If crypto mining were a state it would rank 20 out of 50 in terms of total usage for population = 0.
Also, per the 5th circuit it is illegally burdensome to ask a company to say how much electricity it uses to mine how much stuff.