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Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill "a back yard swimming pool", a new study suggests. [View all]
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Every Bitcoin transaction uses, on average, enough water to fill "a back yard swimming pool", a new study suggests.
That's around six million times more than is used in a typical credit card swipe, Alex de Vries of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, calculates.
The figure is due to the water used to power and cool the millions of computers worldwide Bitcoin relies on.
It comes as many regions struggle with fresh water shortages.
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