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Is Chia a 'green' cryptocurrency?
Is Chia a 'green' cryptocurrency?
DigitalDukedom
Mon Dec 16 2024
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I'm interested in learning more about Chia, a cryptocurrency that claims to be environmentally friendly or 'green'. I want to know if it really meets the criteria to be considered as such.
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DigitalWarrior
Wed Dec 18 2024
Chia is touted as a 'green' cryptocurrency due to its energy-efficient nature.
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Raffaele
Wed Dec 18 2024
Unlike other cryptocurrencies that rely heavily on GPUs or ASICs for mining, Chia utilizes hard drives.
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Dario
Wed Dec 18 2024
The process of mining Chia requires significantly less power compared to running compute calculations on a GPU or ASIC.
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TopazRider
Tue Dec 17 2024
While Chia does drastically reduce the power requirements relative to Bitcoin, it still has a considerable impact on energy consumption.
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Raffaele
Tue Dec 17 2024
Chia's netspace has already reached 30 EiB, which translates to approximately 3.0 million HDDs being used for mining.
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