Water shortages now affect more than 25% of people worldwide, and new research reveals that a shocking amount of this increasingly scarce resource is being consumed by... #Bitcoin 😒⁣ ⁣ According to this research, Bitcoin mining in the U.S. alone might be using as much water as every household in Washington, D.C. because every Bitcoin transaction uses enough water to fill a backyard swimming pool. That’s around 6 MILLION TIMES MORE than a typical credit card transaction. ⁣ ⁣ Pinkies up if you agree: it’s time to #CleanUpBitcoin!