This statistic shows average energy consumption per transaction for bitcoin compared to visa as of 2018.
Bitcoin energy consumption per transaction.
According to the source one bitcoin transaction consumes about 1005 kilowatt hours of.
The average yearly energy consumption of the bitcoin network exceeds that of the entire nation of switzerland.
Told bbc news that the network processes fewer than 100 million transactions per.
This difficulty increase could push future bitcoin transaction energy usage levels from 478 kwh per transaction today all the way to 900 kwh by the end of the year.
The massive computer rigs are also creating a mountain of.
These concerns have led to some individuals pushing for innovative and advantageous solutions.
Expressing bitcoin s energy consumption on a per transaction basis is a useful abstraction.
The bitcoin energy consumption index provides the latest estimate of the total energy consumption of the bitcoin network.