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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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| Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |