Implied Mining Power by Coins Issued — ZEC vs BTC
Electricity each network draws, at equivalent points in their emission schedules.
▍How it is computed
Hashrate × the era's hardware efficiency (Equihash ASICs at ~1.86 MW per GSol/s; SHA-256 by generation), in gigawatts, plotted against coins issued.
▍How to read it
At 16.9M coins Bitcoin drew roughly 1 GW; Zcash today draws around 50 MW. Aligning on supply is fairer than aligning on date, but the two are still different machines.
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