Energy-Intensive Bitcoin Transactions Pose a Growing Environmental Threat

ENN
Jul 31, 2018, 10:31 am45 pts
A study published in Energy Research & Social Science warns that failure to lower the energy use by Bitcoin and similar Blockchain designs may prevent nations from reaching their climate change mitigation obligations under the Paris Agreement.

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