Training FOUR 1024x1024 #Stylegan2 models, and then generating FOUR MILLION images, consumes the same energy as a SINGLE #cryptoart (#Ethereum) transaction.
(50x models & 150x million images for 1 #BTC transaction)
In case anybody was curious.
(Yes I know PoS #ETH2 is coming)
#eth2 hopefully will solve the fees problem. Although this is as likely as #borat will be the next president in 2024 in the USA. Although he did organise a nice interview with @RudyGiuliani
Let's just stay tuned folks. You never know.
In case you were wondering how the Beaconchain and #ETH2 was going?
"All continues peacefully! As I write, there are 61,641 active validators, with the participation rate continuing to be around 99% - it could hardly be running better"
hackmd.io/@benjaminion/eth2_…#ETH$ETH