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Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin (arstechnica.com)

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Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Quantum computing is not a threat at all tbh. Computers that can crack public key encryption are "20 years away" and require some fundemental shifts in our ability to control physics. And that's the lab production version, not one available on the open market.

Quantum-resistant algorithms already exist and continue to be refined. Things will get migrated long before they become a realistic threat.