Breaking Down the Bitcoin Energy Debate

In the wake of Tesla’s decision to stop accepting bitcoin because of environmental concerns, Naomi Brockwell breaks down the energy debate around bitcoin, taking a hard look at the different sides of the arguments involving bitcoin’s environmental footprint. These include the mischaracterizations as well as the realities of the high amount of energy mining bitcoin requires (if it was a country, bitcoin would be 39th in energy consumption worldwide).

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