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Bitcoin live CO2 counter

We release here a live counter (updated daily) of the annualized estimated carbon footprint of Bitcoin mining :

Aug 7, 2021

Bitcoin live CO2 counter

Aug 7, 2021

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Moving banks to bitcoin would require 7 times the global electricity production

Proof of work (PoW) crypto-currencies like Bitcoin are physically non sustainable.

Feb 26, 2021

Moving banks to bitcoin would require 7 times the global electricity production

Feb 26, 2021

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Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin

Bitcoin is the worst waste of resources and energy in human history. It is solely used for financial speculation, with no genuine utility…

Feb 6, 2021

Green hackers around the world, let’s destroy Bitcoin

Feb 6, 2021

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Decentralized & trustless : Debunking Bitcoin’s biggest myth

Most wallets & transaction are handled off chain by the cartel of exchange platforms.

Jun 7, 2021

Decentralized & trustless : Debunking Bitcoin’s biggest myth

Jun 7, 2021

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With only 8M users, Bitcoin is, by far, the most polluting human activity on earth

May 24, 2021

With only 8M users, Bitcoin is, by far, the most polluting human activity on earth

May 24, 2021

The data of "coinshares" have proven to be wrong with the recent drop of 25% of hash rate caused by…

https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/bitcoin-mining-hash-rate-drops-as-blackouts-instituted-in-china-2021-04-16

May 4, 2021

May 4, 2021

At 50k, Bitcoin will soon consume more electricity than Australia with higher carbon footprint than…

At 1M$, it would consume 20% of all world electricity and top the carbonn footprint of all EU.

May 2, 2021

May 2, 2021

I see you refer to CBECI, and then continue with general talking and twisted logic to conclude that…

Data proves you wrong : by crossing the shares of mining per region provided CBECI with the Ecoinvent database (DB of lifecycle footprint)…

Mar 30, 2021

Mar 30, 2021

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Even running 100% on renewables, Bitcoin would still be a disaster.

Inefficient systems can never be eco-friendly.

Mar 19, 2021

Even running 100% on renewables, Bitcoin would still be a disaster.

Mar 19, 2021

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Enough with Bitcoin’s greenwashing ! Bitcoin uses mainly fossil energy.

By crunching the data, we find that the average footprint of the electricity used for bitcoin mining is worse than the US mix.

Mar 9, 2021

Enough with Bitcoin’s greenwashing ! Bitcoin uses mainly fossil energy.

Mar 9, 2021

Franck Leroy

Franck Leroy

Developer and ecologist. Follow me on https://twitter.com/FranckLeroy or https://mastodon.online/@FranckLeroy

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