{"repo":"jfcoz/cryptocurrency_nuclear_power","free":true,"listed":false,"github":"https://github.com/jfcoz/cryptocurrency_nuclear_power","clone":"git clone https://github.com/jfcoz/cryptocurrency_nuclear_power.git","description":"Calculate the number of nuclear reactors needed for the energy wasted by cryptocurrency mining","language":"Perl","stars":11,"topics":["cryptocurrency","bitcoin","ethereum","bitcoincash","litecoin","dogecoin","nicehash","crown","zcash","viacoin"],"license":null,"category":"blockchain-web3","readme_excerpt":"cryptocurrency nuclear power This script calculate the total electricity power needed by cryptocurrency miners (only miners, not including air conditionner), via the network hashrate of commons cryptocurrency and the power of hardware needed to mine. On October 2020, cryptocurrency needs 35 nuclear reactors ! Power : cryptocurrency 74592554852W : Bitcoin (74.59 GW) 4721696651W : Dogecoin (4.72 GW) 4008509410W : Litecoin (4.01 GW) 3667007570W : Pepecoin (3.67 GW) 3409884048W : Zcash (3.41 GW) 3373537332W : Dingocoin (3.37 GW) 1416182327W : Monacoin (1.42 GW) 851386362W : Horizen (851.39 MW) 758432946W : Monero (758.43 MW) 488617388W : Nicehash-SHA-AB (488.62 MW) 320763646W : BitcoinCash (320.76 MW) 220535259W : GroestlCoin (220.54 MW) 211861536W : Dash (211.86 MW) 210957261W : Nicehash-Scrypt (210.96 MW) 143996195W : Nervos (144.00 MW) ... Total used power for all listed cryptocurrency: 99.12 GW = 3.71 % of world electricity = 142.73 nuclear reactors of 900MW = 31.72% of world nuclear reactors History - 12 may 2018 : 7.78 GW - 12 jun 2018 : 8.46 GW - 18 august 2018 : 9.33 GW - 27 january 2019 : 10.24 GW = 14.75 nuclear reactors - 12 august 2019 : 16.13 GW = 23.2 nuclear reactors - 23 october 2020 : 24.48 GW = 35.26 nuclear reactors - 3 march 2025 : 99.12 GW = 142.73 nuclear reactors Related articles - Digiconomist Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index - Cambridge Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index - Bitcoin Electronic Waste Monitor","default_branch":null,"files":null,"tree":[],"storefront":"/r/jfcoz","claimed":false,"request_supported":{"post":"https://gitbuyer.com/r/jfcoz/cryptocurrency_nuclear_power/request-supported","requests":0},"note":"indexed from public GitHub; nothing is for sale on this page. Clone it from GitHub. Paid listings live at /search."}