[Cryptography] Energy Consumption: Standards Trolls (was: disaster)

[Richard Outerbridge]

> On 2021-01-05 (5), at 13:48:11, Alex Flanagan <alex.flanagan at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> Bitcoin mining consumes energy, measured by the unit we call a Watt.  A
> watt is defined in the ISU as one joule per second.  The unit we call
> joule is a unit of work.

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> The emissions attributable to bitcoin mined in Iceland are zero. The energy *consumed* to mine them was *produced* by a zero-emissions source.

At what co$t per watt (in Icelandic króna if you would) to the miners?
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