Alex_de_Vries.yml

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#  Alex de Vries, Bitcoin Sunstainability Researcher, Founder of Digiconomist


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    Bitcoin electronic waste generation is at 10.324 kilotonnes per year 
    (comparable to a country like Luxembourg) - see bitcoinelectronicwaste.com 

    A footprint of 91.2 grams per unique transaction 
    (equal to the weight of 1.4 'C'-size batteries or 2 golf balls). 
  date:  2020-12-30
  source:  https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1344290390296424448


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    The latest Bitcoin energy consumption index is 77.782 TWh per year 
    (comparable to a country like Chile) - see bitcoinenergyconsumption.com
    
    The energy footprint per unique transaction is 690.8 kWh (enough to power 1 U.S. household for 23.7 days) 
    
    > Austrian Maximalists comments:
    >  Bitcoin will drive a renewable energy revolution.
  date:  2020-12-29
  source: https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1343920982990467073


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    Bitcoin's TWh usage results in a carbon footprint of 36.95 MtCO₂ 
    (comparable to a country like New Zealand) - see bitcoinenergyconsumption.com
    
    The carbon footprint per unique transaction is 327.50 kgCO₂ (equivalent to 725,861 VISA transactions) 
  date: 2020-12-29
  source: https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1343920982113841152


- quote: |
    Note that the share of fossil fuel based energy has been on the rise this year 
    due to the growing popularity of countries like Kazakhstan. 
    This is only expected to rise further: Reuters News -  
    Kazakhstan in talks on $700 million in cryptocurrency mining projects
  date: 2020-12-16
  source: https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1339200659120291841


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    Fact: the majority of energy used by bitcoin miners is still sourced from fossil fuels. 
    Here's another independent study released just this month confirming that: 
    Bitcoin Carbon Footprint - Mining Pools Based Estimate Methodology

    Also note that even surveyed miners earlier this year didn't claim more than 40% "green".
  date: 2020-12-16
  source: https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1339197079105785861 


- quote: |
    The latest Ethereum energy consumption index is 14.014 TWh per Year/1.3 Mil US households (+0.45%) -
    see ethereumenergyconsumption.com

    33 KWh per unique transaction (powers 1 US household for 1.1 days)
  date: 2020-12-24
  source: https://twitter.com/DigiEconomist/status/1342123482281349121