If Bitcoin is implemented at similar rates at which other technologies have been incorporated, then Bitcoin alone could produce enough emissions to raise global temperatures by 2°C as soon as 2033. Peer-reviewed journal Nature Climate Change – Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°Celsius. A team of UH Mānoa researchers analyzed information such as the power efficiency of computers used by Bitcoin mining, the geographic location of the miners who likely computed the Bitcoin and the CO2 emissions of producing electricity in those countries. Based on the data, the researchers estimated that the use of bitcoins in the
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