<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Bitcoin and all other cryptos that utilise a prrof-of-work algorithm are a good way to abuse the world's energy reserves and even worse they are adding to the environmental crisis.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Let us break it down into the cost per transaction. Below are the current estimates for the top 2.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Bree Serif";vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Bitcoin Key Network Statistics</h2><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans";vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><div id="gmail-table_1_wrapper" class="gmail-wpDataTables gmail-wpDataTablesWrapper gmail-no-footer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="gmail-clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div><table id="gmail-table_1" class="gmail-display gmail-responsive gmail-nowrap gmail-data-t gmail-wpDataTable gmail-dataTable gmail-no-footer" style="background-color:transparent;margin:0px auto;padding:0px;border:2px solid rgb(241,244,246);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;width:958px;clear:both;color:rgb(51,51,51);table-layout:fixed"><thead style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background:rgb(247,248,249);color:rgb(88,95,101)"><tr style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><th class="gmail-wdtheader gmail-sort gmail-sorting_disabled gmail-column-Description" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:7px 10px;border-width:1px 1px 2px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(204,204,204);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51)">Description</th><th class="gmail-wdtheader gmail-sort gmail-sorting_disabled gmail-column-Value" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="text-align:left;margin:0px;padding:7px 10px;border-width:1px 1px 2px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(204,204,204);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);width:313px">Value</th></tr></thead><tbody style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_0" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Bitcoin's current estimated annual electricity consumption* (</span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">TWh</span><span style="background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">)</span></td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">45.64</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_1" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Annualized global mining revenues</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">$10,382,095,434</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_2" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Annualized estimated global mining costs</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">$2,282,035,219</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_3" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Country closest to Bitcoin in terms of electricity consumption</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">Iraq</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_4" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Estimated electricity used over the previous day (KWh)</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)">125,043,026</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_5" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Implied Watts per GH/s</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">0.24</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_6" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Total Network Hashrate in PH/s (1,000,000 GH/s)</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">21,960</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_7" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="inherit"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span></font><span style="font-weight:inherit">Electricity consumed </span><b>per transaction</b><span style="font-weight:inherit"> (KWh)</span></span></td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">481.00</span></td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_8" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="inherit"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span></font>Number of U.S. households that could be powered by Bitcoin</span></td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">4,225,991</span></td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_9" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="inherit"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-weight:inherit;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span></font><span style="font-weight:inherit">Number of U.S. households powered for 1 day by the electricity consumed for a </span><b>single</b><span style="font-weight:inherit"> transaction</span></span></td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">16.25</span></td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_10" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Bitcoin's electricity consumption as a percentage of the world's electricity consumption</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">0.20%</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_11" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Annual carbon footprint (kt of CO2)</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">22,364</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_3_row_12" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font face="inherit"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-size:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;line-height:inherit"></span></font>Carbon footprint per transaction (kg of CO2)</span></td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">235.58</span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><h2 style="margin:0px 0px 12px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-weight:normal;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:24px;line-height:1.4;font-family:"Bree Serif";vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(34,34,34)">Ethereum Network Statistics</h2><div class="gmail-" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-variant-numeric:inherit;font-variant-east-asian:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:14px;line-height:inherit;font-family:"Open Sans";vertical-align:baseline;color:rgb(102,102,102)"><div id="gmail-table_1_wrapper" class="gmail-wpDataTables gmail-wpDataTablesWrapper gmail-no-footer" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><div class="gmail-clear" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;clear:both"></div><table id="gmail-table_1" class="gmail-display gmail-responsive gmail-nowrap gmail-data-t gmail-wpDataTable gmail-dataTable gmail-no-footer" style="background-color:transparent;margin:0px auto;padding:0px;border:2px solid rgb(241,244,246);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;border-collapse:collapse;width:958px;cle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8,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Annualized estimated global mining costs</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">$1,521,968,628</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_31_row_3" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Country closest to Ethereum in terms of electricity consumption</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">Kyrgyzstan</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_31_row_4" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Estimated electricity used over the previous day (KWh)</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(245,245,245)">34,748,142</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_31_row_5" class="even" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Implied Watts per MH/s</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-var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) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Number of U.S. households powered for 1 day by the electricity consumed for a single transaction</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis">1.12</td></tr><tr id="gmail-table_31_row_10" class="gmail-odd" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;background-color:rgb(226,228,255)"><td class="gmail-column-Description" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(198,198,198);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)"><span class="gmail-responsiveExpander" style="margin:0px;padding:0px;border:0px;font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline"></span>Ethereum's electricity consumption as a percentage of the world's electricity consumption</td><td class="gmail-column-Value" style="padding:3px 10px;border-width:1px;border-style:solid;border-color:rgb(224,224,224) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(198,198,198) rgb(224,224,224);font-style:inherit;font-variant:inherit;font-weight:inherit;font-stretch:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;font-family:inherit;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:nowrap;overflow:hidden;text-overflow:ellipsis;background-color:rgb(232,232,232)">0.06%</td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_default"><font color="#0b5394" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">src: <a href="https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption">https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption</a></font><br></div><div class="gmail_default"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">​Now factor in that these per transaction figures are for the miner that is first in confirming the block. All the work done by the other min​ers is mostly thrown down the drain.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">Also these estimates are on the lower side. but even if we were to work with 400KWh of power per transaction, relate that to how long you could run your house with such a figure. On my part this would be a month of heavy usage.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">The reason i call this a waste is that there are better means of achieving the same blockchain based trust without the PoW algos. The best candidate so far has been Hashgraph but unfortunately the founders of this tech got greedy and decided to patent it instead of releasing it as open-source. </div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="color:rgb(11,83,148);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small">All the same, there are other options that are still viable and hopefully we shall see these being implemented to keep the blockchain dream alive.</div><br></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Regards,</div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)"><br></div><div style="font-size:small;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;color:rgb(11,83,148)">Kevin</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2018 at 12:30, Robert Muthuri via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">We're probably trying to conflate different business models which won't work. <div><ul><li>With traditional financial systems you outsource your trust to a middle man that then charges monopoly prices; <br></li><li>with blockchain we're using mathematical proofing functions to gain some 'trust' and currently suffer hacks until the tech matures. </li></ul><div>What are the costs of running the first system beyond normal running costs, 2008 financial crisis, plus factoring cost of regulatory compliance which has risen constantly, at least for the time i've been studying it (2012)? </div></div><div><br></div><div>Also, what are the eventual benefits of blockchain applications allowing our entrepreneurs ease of entry which they'd otherwise not have, efficiency, transparency (read corruption and related governance issues), disintermediation and globalisation? </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail-m_-5681483014542926568gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Kind regards, </font></div><div style="font-family:arial;font-size:small"><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">Robert</font></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="gmail-h5">On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 12:09 PM, Sidney Ochieng via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="gmail-h5"><div dir="ltr">I don't know. Who is to say what provides value to people? If someone is willing to pay for it, it's valuable therefore I wouldn't say its a waste just because it doesn't provide value to me personally. Could that energy be put to better use? Perhaps. </div><div class="gmail-m_-5681483014542926568HOEnZb"><div class="gmail-m_-5681483014542926568h5"><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 29 January 2018 at 11:45, Adam Lane <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com" target="_blank">adam.lane@huawei.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">





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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">That energy has a purpose, and provides value to a consumer somewhere. The energy used in “mining a currency” provides no value at all, but is calculating sums
 for no reason other than to control supply of such currencies. It’s not to say that banks, data centers or ATMs should not be more energy efficient, but it is important to question why a process is designed to waste resources.<u></u><u></u></span></p><span>
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</span><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"> Sidney Ochieng [mailto:<a href="mailto:sidney.ochieng@gmail.com" target="_blank">sidney.ochieng@gmail.c<wbr>om</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, January 29, 2018 10:37 AM<br>
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<b>Cc:</b> Adam Lane <<a href="mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com" target="_blank">adam.lane@huawei.com</a>></span></p><div><div class="gmail-m_-5681483014542926568m_9114761378971694768h5"><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] World's biggest ever digital currency 'theft'<u></u><u></u></div></div><p></p><div><div class="gmail-m_-5681483014542926568m_9114761378971694768h5">
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<p class="MsoNormal">I find numbers like this thrown around without context mean nothing. How much of the worlds current energy is used on other financial transactions, running banks, credit cards, atms etc? Would anyone say that energy is wasted? <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On 29 January 2018 at 09:41, Adam Lane via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">42.67 TWh: The annual energy consumption of Bitcoin and Ethereum combined</span></i><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:10.5pt;background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">0.19%: The percentage of the world’s electricity used by Bitcoin and Ethereum</span></i><u></u><u></u></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="background:white">
<i><span style="font-size:16pt;font-family:Georgia,serif;letter-spacing:-0.05pt">8.49: The number of U.S. households that could be powered for a full day with the same energy as single bitcoin transaction</span></i><u></u><u></u></li></ul>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Admin CampusCiti via kictanet<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, January 28, 2018 6:12 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Adam Lane <<a href="mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com" target="_blank">adam.lane@huawei.com</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Admin CampusCiti <<a href="mailto:info@campusciti.com" target="_blank">info@campusciti.com</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] World's biggest ever digital currency 'theft'</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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On 27 Jan 2018, at 8:53 PM, Victor Kapiyo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<u></u><u></u></p>
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 a lesser-known coin. If the theft is confirmed, it will be the largest involving digital currency. Another Tokyo exchange, MtGox, collapsed in 2014 after admitting that $400m had been stolen from its network.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:Tahoma,sans-serif;color:rgb(32,18,77)">Read more: <a href="http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-42845505" target="_blank">http://www.bbc.com/news/<wbr>world-asia-42845505#</a> </span><u></u><u></u></p>
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