Tackling climate change with blockchain

Peter Howson ()
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Peter Howson: Nottingham Trent University

Nature Climate Change, 2019, vol. 9, issue 9, 644-645

Abstract: Concern about the carbon footprint of Bitcoin is not holding back blockchain developers from leveraging the technology for action on climate change. Although blockchain technology is enabling individuals and businesses to manage their carbon emissions, the social and environmental costs and benefits of doing so remain unclear.

Date: 2019
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