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[–] wahming@monyet.cc 48 points 7 months ago (25 children)

Whoever Satoshi was, I wonder how he's responding to the thought that he's personally contributed more to global warming than the average billionaire.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world -5 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (14 children)

It's a drop in the ocean compared to how much energy the banking industry uses.

[–] exhaust_fan@lemmy.world -3 points 7 months ago (3 children)

Banks use negligible electricity lmao

[–] Snekeyes@lemmy.world 12 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Yeah. 600k Branches, 1 million atms, data centers..

[–] orrk@lemmy.world 4 points 7 months ago

yup, tho they also serve more people than crypto bros, about 100,000 times as many

[–] clgoh@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago

Including everything, about a million times less energy per transaction than crypto.

[–] maness300@lemmy.world 10 points 7 months ago

the banking industry

Might want to brush up on that reading comprehension.

[–] Dra@lemmy.zip 5 points 7 months ago

I think this is the most forced 'lmao' I have ever read

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