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ItsAConspiracy t1_iz9oyas wrote

Reply to comment by thisischemistry in Ethereum’s energy switch saves as much electricity as entire Ireland uses | The success of The Merge concept may now serve as a roadmap to enable a switch from Proof of Work to Proof of Stake in Bitcoin. by chrisdh79

No reddit would save a lot more than Ethereum's remaining energy usage, but here you are.

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TomSwirly t1_izalm7n wrote

> No reddit would save a lot more than Ethereum's remaining energy usage,

It would be nice to occasionally get a citation for some of these claims made by cryptopeople...

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ItsAConspiracy t1_izaox6h wrote

For Ethereum's energy usage, there's a peer-reviewed [paper](https://www.cell.com/patterns/fulltext/S2666-3899(22)00265-3) linked right from the article OP posted. It puts Ethereum's worst-case power demand at 675 kW, and best-case only 36 kW.

I haven't been able to track down how much Reddit's datacenter uses, but I'm guessing it's more than that. Reddit is one of the world's largest sites, and some large datacenters use more than 100 MW.

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