Depends on the tech used, and whether PoS or PoW, or whether they use ZKPs.

But there’s an inconvenient truth at the heart of the crypto project: Blockchains are computationally intensive, which can translate to tremendous energy consumption. This is particularly true of bitcoin, whose transactions are verified by “miners” running massive banks of powerful computers around the clock in a competitive process.
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Depends on the tech used, and whether PoS or PoW, or whether they use ZKPs. Love your writing - its worth making the distinctions clear.
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