🔥 Amazing:
Current Bitcoin computing power is 978 exahashes per second. That is Bitcoin’s hashrate.
In simpler terms, that means the Bitcoin network is doing 978 quintillion calculations *per second*. There is no other computer network on Planet Earth that even comes close to that level of power.
To put this in perspective, since the Big Bang supposedly happened, 435.5 quadrillion seconds have passed. 978 quintillion calculations is 2,246 times that number.
In other words, Bitcoin performs more calculations *every second* than the total number of seconds that have passed in the entire universe’s existence, times 2,246.
And that doesn’t even capture the growth of the Bitcoin network.
In 2013, only four years into Bitcoin’s lifespan, global Bitcoin computing power was 256 times faster than the world’s top 500 supercomputers combined.
In just 13 years since then, the computing power of the Bitcoin network has grown by over 209,000 times.
That would be like the human population going from 8 billion people to 1.68 quadrillion people in a little over a decade.
To put that in perspective, 8 billion seconds ago was the year 1773. 1.68 quadrillion seconds ago was 53,233,962 BC.
If Bitcoin’s computing power has grown by over 209,000 times in 13 years, and that growth rate is the equivalent of going from 53,000,000 BC to 1773 AD, one could say that the Bitcoin network has advanced over 53 million years in a little over a decade.
Such a level of growth is a strong indicator of intelligence.
Do with this what you will.
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"content": "🔥 Amazing:\n\nCurrent Bitcoin computing power is 978 exahashes per second. That is Bitcoin’s hashrate. \n\nIn simpler terms, that means the Bitcoin network is doing 978 quintillion calculations *per second*. There is no other computer network on Planet Earth that even comes close to that level of power. \n\nTo put this in perspective, since the Big Bang supposedly happened, 435.5 quadrillion seconds have passed. 978 quintillion calculations is 2,246 times that number. \n\nIn other words, Bitcoin performs more calculations *every second* than the total number of seconds that have passed in the entire universe’s existence, times 2,246. \n\nAnd that doesn’t even capture the growth of the Bitcoin network.\n\nIn 2013, only four years into Bitcoin’s lifespan, global Bitcoin computing power was 256 times faster than the world’s top 500 supercomputers combined. \n\nIn just 13 years since then, the computing power of the Bitcoin network has grown by over 209,000 times.\n\nThat would be like the human population going from 8 billion people to 1.68 quadrillion people in a little over a decade. \n\nTo put that in perspective, 8 billion seconds ago was the year 1773. 1.68 quadrillion seconds ago was 53,233,962 BC. \n\nIf Bitcoin’s computing power has grown by over 209,000 times in 13 years, and that growth rate is the equivalent of going from 53,000,000 BC to 1773 AD, one could say that the Bitcoin network has advanced over 53 million years in a little over a decade.\n\nSuch a level of growth is a strong indicator of intelligence.\n\nDo with this what you will.",
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