[NetBehaviour] blockchain electrical consumption?

[Alan Sondheim]

Thanks greatly, still confusing but less so.

Best! Alan

On Sat, 4 Nov 2017, ruth catlow wrote:

> On proof of work vs proof of stake
> 
> On 04/11/17 14:15, ruth catlow wrote:
>       Hiya,
>
>       Yes, I've seen this circulating.
>
>       Some further research needed I think.
>
>       But first some cheering art that speaks to these concerns.
>       Julian Oliver's Harvest - Wind energy used to mine
>       cryptocurrency to fund climate research.
>
>       These are the things I want to know - need to research.
>
>       1) How do Blockchain based emissions compare to those of other
>       global communication and trading network infrastructures such as:?
>       - Other currency and financial trading systems (including High
>       Frequency Trading)
>       - Streaming video servers for Netflix, Amazon etc
>
>       I wish the person who had penned this blog had done more to
>       compare like with like. Anyone got a nice online resource we can
>       point to?
>
>       2) And what is the carbon emission prognosis is for newer
>       developments in blockchain technologies that use Proof-of-Stake
>       rather than Proof-of-Work.
>
>       Bitcoin was the first, there are a many other blockchain
>       technologies now developing different (including much more
>       energy efficient) approaches.
>
>       Can we combine efforts here. Figures/references anyone please?
>
>       Cheers!
>       Ruth
> 
> 
>
>       On 04/11/17 13:06, Alan Sondheim wrote:
> 
>
>       ah well, this just came over, comments?
> https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/ywbbpm/bitcoin-mining-electricit
>       y-consumption-ethereum-energy-climate-change
>
>       - Alan
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