Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C

Camilo Mora (), Randi L. Rollins, Katie Taladay, Michael B. Kantar, Mason K. Chock, Mio Shimada and Erik C. Franklin
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Camilo Mora: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Randi L. Rollins: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Katie Taladay: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Michael B. Kantar: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Mason K. Chock: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Mio Shimada: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Erik C. Franklin: University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

Nature Climate Change, 2018, vol. 8, issue 11, 931-933

Abstract: Bitcoin is a power-hungry cryptocurrency that is increasingly used as an investment and payment system. Here we show that projected Bitcoin usage, should it follow the rate of adoption of other broadly adopted technologies, could alone produce enough CO2 emissions to push warming above 2 °C within less than three decades.

Date: 2018
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