# Is Algorand Sustainable?

**URL:** <https://forum.algorand.co/t/is-algorand-sustainable/7337>\
**Category:** General\
**Created:** [July 3, 2022, 6:55pm UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/is-algorand-sustainable/7337 "2022-07-03T18:55:35Z")\
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**Author:** ![JDTamerlan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.algorand.co/jdtamerlan/32/1400_2.png) [@JDTamerlan](https://forum.algorand.co/u/JDTamerlan)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2022, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.algorand.co/t/is-algorand-sustainable/7337/8 "2022-07-10T09:03:46Z")

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Running btc nodes (51%) was cost about $700M per 2017 year.  
from: ([https://www.quora.com/How-much-would-it-cost-to-run-51-of-all-bitcoin-nodes](https://www.quora.com/How-much-would-it-cost-to-run-51-of-all-bitcoin-nodes))

Opportunities and ease of use #Algorand seems to me tens times higher than #Bitcoin.

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