Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact: Misconceptions and Reality

Name: Bitcoin’s Environmental Impact: Misconceptions and Reality
Uploaded: 2021-04-22T23:48:28Z
Duration: 7 min 476 s
Description: Bitcoin’s energy consumption has been a hot topic inside and outside the crypto sphere, but is bitcoin the environmental nightmare it is often made out to be? CoinDesk’s Ben Powers breaks down the energy debate surrounding bitcoin and the misunderstandings surrounding crypto mining.

Apr 22, 2021

Bitcoin’s energy consumption has been a hot topic inside and outside the crypto sphere, but is bitcoin the environmental nightmare it is often made out to be?

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