Bitcoin may be a useful way to send and receive money, but all this financial liberation doesn’t come for free.
The community of miners who create bitcoins is using vast quantities of electrical power in the process. This had led some experts to suggest that bitcoin isn’t very environmentally friendly. So how much electricity does a bitcoin take to produce?
No conclusion at all.. I was Just shocked and want to share it with steemers...
Orignal Article:
http://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption#assumptions
Also, for those interested. The original article has a lot more details on how these calculations are made.