The study said the currency a year 64 billion degrees more than the entire Swiss electricity consumption

This week launched a Cambridge COINS electricity consumption index ( CBECI） Online tool, in computing the currency network before the annual energy use will real-time estimates the energy required to maintain the currency network.

at present, CBECI, according to a global currency network is consumed more than 7000 megawatts of electricity, equivalent to 64 terawatt hours (a year 1 TWH = 1 billion KWH) The energy consumption. Than the Swiss 58 terawatt hours of electricity every year, slightly less than $68 a year Colombia terawatt hours of electricity.

this means that the currency of global electricity consumption accounted for about 0. 25%. As is known to all, the currency requires a lot of power, and the world's miners is to use the electricity to run the computer hardware necessary to maintain the network and verify payment.

but need to point out that these data is estimated. Responsible for the study of Cambridge emerging financial research center ( 剑桥中心的替代融资) Announced new index in a blog post said & other; A reliable estimate of COINS power consumption few & throughout; 。

PWC's currency experts alex & middot; DE vries ( Alex de Vries） , estimates that consumption of energy, COINS every deal more than a single exchange energy consumption of all other Banks in the world combined.