In a distributed consensus-based on the proof of Work, miners need a lot of energy. One Bitcoin transaction required the same amount of electricity as powering 1.57 American households for one day (data from 2015 ).
And these energy costs are paid with fiat currencies, leading to constant downward pressure on the digital currency value.
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