Do cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin amount to climate arson or a clean-energy boon? Well, it’s complicated.

Sources + further reading
University of Cambridge | Stat: 40% of mining is from renewable energy
https://www.jbs.cam.ac.uk/faculty-res...

CoinShares Research | 70% renewable stat
https://coinshares.com/research/bitco...

University of Cambridge | Stat: 130 TWh
https://cbeci.org/

Ethereum foundation blog | A country's worth of power, no more!
https://blog.ethereum.org/2021/05/18/...

What do NFTs mean for art and the Earth?
https://grist.org/ask-umbra-series/wh...

Analysts debate whether cryptocurrency has a green future
https://www.eenews.net/stories/106372...

How Much Energy Does Bitcoin Actually Consume?
https://hbr.org/2021/05/how-much-ener...

This power plant stopped burning fossil fuels. Then Bitcoin came along.
https://grist.org/technology/bitcoin-...

Square -- Bitcoin is Key to an Abundant, Clean Energy Future
https://assets.ctfassets.net/2d5q1td6...

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