# Flow energy consumption

**URL:** <https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-energy-consumption/1174>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [March 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-energy-consumption/1174 "2021-03-04T16:20:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dblom](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/c57346/32.png) [@Dblom](https://forum.flow.com/u/Dblom)\
**Post date:** [March 4, 2021, 4:20pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-energy-consumption/1174/1 "2021-03-04T16:20:31Z")

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Hi there

Curious to know if Flow has energy consumption on par with Etherium?

Best

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**Author:** ![Mackenzie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3da27b/32.png) [@Mackenzie](https://forum.flow.com/u/Mackenzie)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 4:28pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-energy-consumption/1174/2 "2021-03-05T16:28:26Z")

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While it’s hard to give exact numbers, Flow is a proof-of-stake blockchain which means in-general, energy consumption should be _much_ lower than proof-of-work based blockchains, like Ethereum.

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**Author:** ![sideninja](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.flow.com/sideninja/32/363_2.png) [@sideninja](https://forum.flow.com/u/sideninja)\
**Post date:** [March 5, 2021, 6:25pm UTC](https://forum.flow.com/t/flow-energy-consumption/1174/3 "2021-03-05T18:25:11Z")

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Energy consumption of proof-of-stake blockchains should be order of magnitude lower than proof-of-work, but time will show what true numbers are.