Bitcoin’s energy consumption ‘equals that of Switzerland’
Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows.
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Bitcoin uses as much energy as the whole of Switzerland, a new online tool from the University of Cambridge shows.
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