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A single Bitcoin transaction powers an American house for a week

Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (fireside chat at Node) (Solana)

“A single Bitcoin transaction takes 77 kilowatt[-hours], which is what it takes to power one average American house for a week… it’s an insane amount of energy. So that’s where we are with Bitcoin.” — 00:08:45

Context: During the proof-of-work explainer; appears to be the interviewer (Greg) supplying the statistic. Speaker: attribution uncertain between Greg and Anatoly.

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