Economic estimation of Bitcoin mining’s climate damages demonstrates closer resemblance to digital crude than digital gold

This paper provides economic estimates of the energy-related climate damages of mining Bitcoin (BTC), the dominant proof-of-work cryptocurrency. We provide three sustainability criteria for signaling when the climate damages may be unsustainable. BTC mining fails all three. We find that for 2016–202...

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Autores principales: Jones, Benjamin A., Goodkind, Andrew L., Berrens, Robert P.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9522801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36175441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18686-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9522801/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36175441
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-18686-8

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