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crb002
Meh. Use it as a preheater for your furnace. Don't mine in the summer.
[dead] KODeKarnage
Maybe we need a crypto-currency that has inbuilt carbon offset purchases?
tonteldoos
How does the carbon footprint for x amount of Bitcoin (in, say, $ terms), compare with the carbon footprint of both printing and maintaining a similar amount of traditional currency?
i_v
Not to mention losses due to counterfeiting and outright destruction.
malloryerik
Only three to eight percent of fiat currency is held in cash.
tonteldoos
True, but that's still a substantial amount of physical stuff that needs to be made and maintained...
kbody
Also I wonder how it compares to the carbon footprint of the mining industry of gold.