<p>No. It is exactly the same balancing mechanism: Electricity and acquisition cost vs revenue.<br>
I would expect the total environmental impact to turn out similar for a given revenue value.</p>

<p>But then, maybe I'm missing something. I'm curious for other answers.</p>

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That is correct. Scrypt miners possibly have higher manufacturing costs and other internal parameters, but for any modern ASIC the power cost for running the chip is higher than the production cost in a matter of days or weeks. In Proof of Work you can equate "utility" for power usage anyway, as the service being provided is literally the destruction of real world resources.
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<p>Does scrypt mining inherently confer any environmental benefit or energy efficiency for the same level of service provided?</p>

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All else being equal which is better for the environment, Litecoin or Bitcoin?
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# All else being equal which is better for the environment, Litecoin or Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2015-06-30)

Does scrypt mining inherently confer any environmental benefit or energy efficiency for the same level of service provided?

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### Answer by username_1 on 2015-06-30. Score: 1

No. It is exactly the same balancing mechanism: Electricity and acquisition cost vs revenue.  
I would expect the total environmental impact to turn out similar for a given revenue value.

But then, maybe I'm missing something. I'm curious for other answers.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: That is correct. Scrypt miners possibly have higher manufacturing costs and other internal parameters, but for any modern ASIC the power cost for running the chip is higher than the production cost in a matter of days or weeks. In Proof of Work you can equate "utility" for power usage anyway, as the service being provided is literally the destruction of real world resources.  

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