Can Bitcoin Mining Harm the Environment?
With all the hardware power and electricity that bitcoin mining requires, some have raised the issue of environmental damage caused by this activity. Is bitcoin mining really bad for the environment? Australia's Long Future Foundation released a report indicating that bitcoin might have a long-term negative impact on Mother Nature, as production could eventually take up roughly 60% of the world's electricity production. In their research, they calculated the amount of energy bitcoin miners could consume and realized that this requires the same amount of electricity that runs 1.5 billion....
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