Bitcoin's Annual Carbon Footprint Is Equal to One Million Transatlantic Flights

It turns out, it’s not just the Lamborghinis that Bitcoin enthusiasts seem to be obsessed with that are pumping CO2 into our atmosphere; accruing the wealth itself is extremely wasteful, releasing 20 megatons of CO2 into the atmosphere a year—as much as the whole republic of Ireland.

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