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@zkat__ ("tired but ❄️festive🎄 gay") retweeted:

@felixsalmon ("Felix Salmon") wrote:

Doing a single bitcoin transaction has a larger carbon footprint than flying across the Atlantic.

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@DigiEconomist ("Digiconomist") replied to a tweet by @DigiEconomist:

The power consumed per Bitcoin transaction on average could power an average US household for more than 1.5 months.

The carbon footprint of just one Bitcoin transaction amounts to 658kg of CO2, which is equal to the carbon footprint of almost 1.5 million VISA transactions.