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PABLOF7z 2y ago

At current miner’s hashrate performance, how much energy would be required to rewrite the entire blockchain (since block 2)? (Assuming removing checkpoints)

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Walt Munny 2y ago

Chain Rewrite Days: 705 days

Est. power demand: 15 GW (~avg BMC and CBECI)

Est. energy: 253.8 TWh

Sources:https://bitcoin.clarkmoody.com/dashboard/

https://bitcoinminingcouncil.com/bitcoin-mining-council-survey-confirms-year-on-year-improvements-in-sustainable-power-mix-and-technological-efficiency-in-q4-2022/

https://ccaf.io/cbeci/index

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PABLOF7z 2y ago

Of course the answer was on #[3]​‘s dashboard 😂

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aaron 2y ago

ClarkBTC bot answers all

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skinnyblocks 2y ago

This is an important question that hopefully becomes easier to answer.