到 2021 年，以太坊的能源消耗一直在上升。其中大部分是由牛市引发的，牛市给市场带来了新的兴趣。然而，随着市场现在终于进入可怕的熊市趋势，人们对区块链的兴趣已经减弱。结果，以太坊上的活动减少了，这转化为网络上使用的能源量减少。
进入 2022 年，以太坊能源消耗 一直在稳步上升。由于去中心化金融 (DeFi) 和不可替代代币 (NFT) 的兴起，该网络在去年期间迎来了新用户的涌入。据估计，今年的能源消耗在六个月的时间里增长了约 50%。到 5 月的第三周，以太坊的估计能源消耗达到 93.98 TWh 的峰值。
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尽管 6 月伴随着熊市而来，但从这一点开始的下跌将是迅速的。价格下跌导致投资者开始撤出最初导致网络活动增加的数字资产。然而，接下来的几周，能源消耗下降了约 50%。
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目前，以太坊网络的估计能源消耗为 51.82 TWh。上一次达到如此低点是在 2021 年 9 月。它遵循了该领域最大的加密货币比特币设定的相同趋势。数据显示，比特币的预估能量已降至 204.5 TWh，这是一年来的最低值。此外，每日能量消耗 比特币现在比上个月低 30%，每天约 10.57 GW。
以太坊价格的下跌带来了多重影响。不仅它的能源消耗减少了，而且矿工的挖矿盈利能力也下降了。由于价格暴跌，这些因帮助确认网络交易而获得代币奖励的矿工现在记录的美元现金流量减少了。
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鉴于矿工必须不断为他们的运营支付费用，价格下跌意味着尽管他们仍在支付相同或更多的美元价值来开展他们的挖矿业务，但回报现在已经下降。
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网络能耗的下降表明，由于盈利能力下降，这些矿工确实在缩减挖矿业务。领先的比特币网络也出现了同样的情况，其价格从历史高点下跌了 60% 以上。
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