The Merge will cut Ethereum's energy consumption by 99.95%.
80 TWh/yr (equivalent to the power consumption of Chile) --> 0.04 TWh/yr
45 Mt CO2 (equivalent to the carbon footprint of Hong Kong) --> 0.02 Mt CO2.
Huge step for our climate goals βοΈπ²β‘οΈ
βImagine a future where, instead of streaming an ultra-high resolution movie from the Internet, your device is instead given a video stream at 1/2 or even 1/3 of the target resolution, along with a neural network model that had been trained on that specific piece of content.β
Great web tool to explore carbon removal projects! Also the CDR primer, DAC calculator, and Permanence calculator by @carbonplanorg are sick! https://t.co/wl41uTkRig
The speed of physical innovation has tremendously slowed down - see this excellent list by @patrickc of groundbreaking projects in the past done very quickly. Tech innovation continues at a breakneck speed, but why is physical infra struggling? https://t.co/diSCzTaG70