DBs still update their tables every time someone writes to it. And there are millions of DBs being written to every second. It's absolutely comparable.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

We're not comparing millions of DBs to a single blockchain. We're comparing 1 DB to 1 blockchain instance. If you had millions of blockchains, you would use exponentially more energy for the same data vs. a normal database. Updating tables is not the same thing as hashing and validating every prior entry in the table.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There aren't millions of block chains....lol your argument is bullshit.

[–] dpkonofa@lemmy.world 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

There doesn’t need to be. My argument is not bullshit, you just don’t understand the differences between blockchain and a standard database and are pretending you do which makes the argument impossible for you to understand.

[–] SupraMario@lemmy.world 0 points 9 months ago

Lol no I do, you clearly don't have a clue what you're talking about. The amount of DBs we have alone, that's not counting any other compute servers or even WS dwarfs all the block chain out there. This article is a nothing burger and is complete bullshit. Even the study they referenced doesn't know the exact amount...as it points out .6 to 2.2% is their estimated use...but this shit article went with the higher numbers because it's great for people like you who hate any tech that you clearly don't understand.