This difficulty increase could push future bitcoin transaction energy usage levels from 478 kwh per transaction today all the way to 900 kwh by the end of the year.
Bitcoin energy consumption per transaction.
Expressing bitcoin s energy consumption on a per transaction basis is a useful abstraction.
Each bitcoin transaction uses around 657 39 kwh of electricity the equivalent of 59 days of electricity for an average british household.
The average yearly energy consumption of the bitcoin network exceeds that of the entire nation of switzerland.
According to the source one bitcoin transaction consumes about 1005 kilowatt hours of.
This statistic shows average energy consumption per transaction for bitcoin compared to visa as of 2018.
The bitcoin energy consumption index provides the latest estimate of the total energy consumption of the bitcoin network.
These concerns have led to some individuals pushing for innovative and advantageous solutions.
Told bbc news that the network processes fewer than 100 million transactions per.