加密货币开采消耗的能源相当于整个犹他州的能源

上个月，德克萨斯州电力可靠性委员会 (ERCOT) 报告称，他们现在预测德克萨斯州的电力需求在未来六年内将增加一倍左右。

Cryptocurrency mining is a power-hungry process that is largely responsible for the projected doubling of Texas' power demand in the next six years.

加密货币挖矿是一个耗电的过程，预计未来六年德克萨斯州的电力需求将翻一番。

One Bitcoin transaction, which takes about 10 minutes, uses the same amount of power as a household in 36 hours or 26,000 VISA card transactions.

一笔比特币交易大约需要 10 分钟，相当于一个家庭 36 小时或 26,000 笔 VISA 卡交易所消耗的电量。

According to the US Energy Information Administration, Bitcoin miners use as much energy as the entire state of Utah.

根据美国能源信息管理局的数据，比特币矿工消耗的能源相当于整个犹他州的能源消耗量。

Based on a tool created by Cambridge researchers to track Bitcoin mining power usage, the current yearly power consumption is greater than all of Norway's annual power usage.

根据剑桥研究人员创建的追踪比特币挖矿用电量的工具，目前的年度用电量超过了挪威的全部年度用电量。

The high power consumption of cryptocurrency mining is why it costs so much to bail cryptominers out when electricity demand peaks.

加密货币挖矿的高能耗是电力需求高峰时救助加密货币矿工的成本如此之高的原因。

For instance, last year, ERCOT paid Bitcoin miner Riot $31 million to conserve power during grid strain.

例如，去年，ERCOT 向比特币矿商 Riot 支付了 3100 万美元，以在电网紧张期间节省电力。

And during the 2021 winter storm, the Bitdeer mining facility got $18 million to conserve.

在 2021 年冬季风暴期间，Bitdeer 挖矿设施节省了 1800 万美元。