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No. 65 of 93 worst aged · Bloomberg · January 10, 2018

“Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars”

Bloomberg headline: Bitcoin Could End Up Using More Power Than Electric Cars

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The global power needed to create cryptocurrencies this year could rival the entire electricity consumption of Argentina

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