There was an article that said bitcoin blockchain uses as much energy as entire country of Argentina, which made rounds here in HN (https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-56012952). In that graph there you also get US consumption too. And China's as well. Now compare them and tell me again the oceans are boiling because of bitcoin.
You haven't provided the requested data. What's the energy consumption of "the total of electronics that are in standby in the US only"?
Actually, let math out an estimate of what your claim amounts to. Bitcoin uses ~125TWh/yr of electricity. The US has ~125 million households. That means Bitcoin uses about 1MWh/yr per US household, or on average, about 114W per US household. If I assume that's 5V DC circuits that's about 22A.
Therefore, your claim that Bitcoin uses more electricity than standby circuits in the US implies that standby circuits are consuming more electricity than the maximum capacity of one of the circuits in a typical circuit breaker box. That doesn't pass the smell test.
