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Topic
Board Bitcoin Discussion
Re: Can blockchain ever be environmentally friendly
by
Glory90
on 11/07/2018, 15:49:49 UTC
"I’m sure most of you have seen the news about Bitcoin’s energy consumption. For instance, in Iceland, more energy is used to mine Bitcoin than to power people’s homes and per day the global Bitcoin network now consumes more energy than Ireland. Hence, we chose to build on the Stellar network as it is the most environmentally friendly blockchain available. For comparison, a transaction on the Stellar network only uses 0.03 Wh whereas VISA uses 1.69 Wh per transaction. Clearly, the Stellar blockchain is the perfect technology partner for our platform."

Read morehttps://datafloq.com/read/amp/blockchain-can-save-climate-poseidon/5235?__twitter_impression=true
Stellar and Visa can save energy because they are centralized services, nowadays, we have a proof-of-stake solution to make Blockchain more environmentally friendly without the need to become centralized