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Sustainable
Avalanche’s highly-efficient consensus algorithm and proof of stake security mechanism requires significantly less energy to run than Bitcoin and Ethereum.
Current estimates from the Crypto Carbon Ratings Institute estimates Avalanche’s yearly energy consumption as equal to the annual consumption of 46 U.S. Households. This contrasts with 1.63M U.S. Households for Ethereum and 8.46M U.S. Households for Bitcoin.