Cryptocurrency
"Bitcoin Historic Sustainability Performance"
Primary Source ↗Blockchain(s)
Bitcoin
Incident Details
Digiconomist released numbers for 2021, showing that during 2021, Bitcoin consumed 134 TWh in total — comparable to the energy consumption of Argentina. The report also claims that Bitcoin was responsible for 0.54% of global electricity consumption, and consumed about 89% more energy in 2021 than in the previous year.
Technical Details
- Vendor / Product
- Digiconomist report
Timeline
- 2022-01-01 Breach occurred
- 2022-01-01 Publicly disclosed