Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index

in bitcoin •  6 years ago  (edited)

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Description Value
Bitcoin's current estimated annual electricity consumption* (TWh) 47.65
Bitcoin's current minimum annual electricity consumption** (TWh) 47.65
Annualized global mining revenues $2,401,444,967
Annualized estimated global mining costs $2,298,160,525
Current cost percentage 95.70%
Country closest to Bitcoin in terms of electricity consumption Singapore
Estimated electricity used over the previous day (KWh) 130,552,804
Implied Watts per GH/s 0.115
Total Network Hashrate in PH/s (1,000,000 GH/s) 47,120
Electricity consumed per transaction (KWh) 460
Number of U.S. households that could be powered by Bitcoin 4,412,201
Number of U.S. households powered for 1 day by the electricity consumed for a single transaction 15.56
Bitcoin's electricity consumption as a percentage of the world's electricity consumption 0.21%
Annual carbon footprint (kt of CO2) 23,349
Carbon footprint per transaction (kg of CO2) 225.64

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