Annual energy consumption540 quadrillion J
3.2 tenthsMt St Helens eruptions
2 billionTesla batteries
540 millionLightning bolts
About 150 TWh/year
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Bitcoin Network (Annual Energy)
The electricity bill for decentralized trust/Computing
The Bitcoin network consumes an estimated 150 terawatt-hours of electricity per year, roughly equivalent to the entire energy consumption of Poland. This powers the proof-of-work mining process that secures the blockchain. Each individual Bitcoin transaction uses enough electricity to power an average US household for about six weeks.
Measurements
Average power draw17.1 billion W
428 millionChristmas light strings
57 millionStair climbers
1.7 quadrillionPacemakers
About 17.1 GW
Energy per transaction2.5 billion J
7.4 thousandthsNuclear fuel pellets
2.5 billionPencil snaps
126 octillionInfrared photons
About 700 kWh
Blockchain size550 billion B
2.1 millionNES cartridges
110,000PowerPoint files
About 550 GB
Transactions per second7 Hz
761 trillionthsCesium atoms
2.33Jump rope turns
28Human blinks
About 7 TPS on-chain