US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

  • @workerONE@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14•9 months ago

    At first I thought the article was inaccurate but It sounds like there has been a huge increase in US Bitcoin mining since 2020.

    Some interesting information from their source article:

    “The CBECI estimates that the global share of Bitcoin mining occurring in the United States rose from 3.4% in January 2020 to 37.8% in January 2022”

    “the CBECI estimates put electricity supporting Bitcoin mining in 2023 at about 0.2% to 0.9% of global demand for electricity.”