# A single Bitcoin transaction powers an American house for a week

- **Speaker:** Unknown
- **Attribution:** uncertain
- **Said:** 2018-04-26
- **Theme:** Energy & AI — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/
- **Source:** Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (fireside chat at Node) (Solana)
- **Watch at:** 00:08:45 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrU0W4J05w&t=525s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/energy-ai/2018-04-26-a-single-bitcoin-transaction-powers-an-american-ho-qm4e/
- **Cite as:** Unknown, "A single Bitcoin transaction powers an American house for a week," Solana: The World's Fastest Blockchain (fireside chat at Node) (Solana), 26 Apr 2018, 00:08:45. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uhrU0W4J05w&t=525s

## Quote — verbatim

> 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.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

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