private async Task <Dictionary <int, decimal> > CalculateTheFullEnergyConsumptionPerTransactionPerYear(
BlockParameters blockParameters)
{
var networkHashRateInTHs = await _networkHashRateService.GetDailyHashRateInPastAsync(blockParameters.TimeOfBlockMining); // Provided in TH/s
var energyConsumptionPerYear = new Dictionary <int, decimal>();
var devices = await _miningHardwareService.GetHardwareByMiningAlgorithm(MiningAlgorithm.SHA256);
foreach (var device in devices)
{
var value = CalculateFullEnergyConsumptionPerTransactionInKwhByDevice(blockParameters, networkHashRateInTHs, device);
energyConsumptionPerYear.Add(device.ProductionYear, value);
}
return(energyConsumptionPerYear);
}
private static decimal CalculateFullEnergyConsumptionPerTransactionInKwhByDevice(BlockParameters blockParameters, decimal networkHashRateInTHs, MiningDevice device)
{
var avgMachineHashRateInTHs = device.HashRate / 1000000000000m; // Average hashrate of a machine converted to TH/s from H/s
var avgMachineEnergyConsumptionInKWH = device.PowerConsumption / 1000m; // Average machine energy consumption converted to KW/h from W/h
var noOfMachinesDoingTheMinning = networkHashRateInTHs / avgMachineHashRateInTHs; // The number of machines that were doing the mining for that block, under the assumption that all of them mined
var energyConsumptionPerMachinePerBlockInKWH = avgMachineEnergyConsumptionInKWH * blockParameters.BlockTimeInSeconds / 3600m;
var fullEnergyConsumptionPerTransactionInKWH = noOfMachinesDoingTheMinning * energyConsumptionPerMachinePerBlockInKWH / blockParameters.NumberOfTransactionsInBlock;
return(fullEnergyConsumptionPerTransactionInKWH);
}
