Dead-end bitcoin mining wastes as much energy as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation capacity

According to Live Science, researchers found that Bitcoin mining wastes massive amounts of energy on redundant operations. When multiple miners compete to solve the same puzzle, only one succeeds — the rest's computational work is essentially wasted. This dead-end mining consumes as much electricity as Switzerland's entire hydropower generation.

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