Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China

The growing energy consumption and carbon emissions of Bitcoin mining could potentially undermine global sustainability efforts. Here, the authors show the annual energy consumption of the Bitcoin blockchain in China is expected to peak in 2024 at 296.59 Twh and generate 130.50 million metric tons o...

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Autores principales:	Shangrong Jiang, Yuze Li, Quanying Lu, Yongmiao Hong, Dabo Guan, Yu Xiong, Shouyang Wang
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2021
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Acceso en línea:	https://doaj.org/article/f4780b427f514c21b3a2ff0d7f61b36e
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:f4780b427f514c21b3a2ff0d7f61b36e2021-12-02T14:21:20ZPolicy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China10.1038/s41467-021-22256-32041-1723https://doaj.org/article/f4780b427f514c21b3a2ff0d7f61b36e2021-04-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-22256-3https://doaj.org/toc/2041-1723The growing energy consumption and carbon emissions of Bitcoin mining could potentially undermine global sustainability efforts. Here, the authors show the annual energy consumption of the Bitcoin blockchain in China is expected to peak in 2024 at 296.59 Twh and generate 130.50 million metric tons of carbon emissions.Shangrong JiangYuze LiQuanying LuYongmiao HongDabo GuanYu XiongShouyang WangNature PortfolioarticleScienceQENNature Communications, Vol 12, Iss 1, Pp 1-10 (2021)
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description	The growing energy consumption and carbon emissions of Bitcoin mining could potentially undermine global sustainability efforts. Here, the authors show the annual energy consumption of the Bitcoin blockchain in China is expected to peak in 2024 at 296.59 Twh and generate 130.50 million metric tons of carbon emissions.
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title	Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China
title_short	Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China
title_full	Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China
title_fullStr	Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China
title_full_unstemmed	Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China
title_sort	policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of bitcoin blockchain operation in china
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/f4780b427f514c21b3a2ff0d7f61b36e
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Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China

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