The electricity used to mine bitcoin this year is bigger than the annual usage of 159 countries Posted on November 26, 2017 by Matthew T. Ballew http://www.businessinsider.com/bitcoin-mining-electricity-usage-2017-11 Share this: Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email Share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window) LinkedIn Share on X (Opens in new window) X Share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook