The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom

Abstract Bitcoin mines—massive computing clusters generating cryptocurrency tokens—consume vast amounts of electricity. The amount of fine particle (PM2.5) air pollution created because of their electricity consumption and its effect on environmental health is pending. In this study, we located the...

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Main Authors: Gianluca Guidi, Francesca Dominici, Nat Steinsultz, Gabriel Dance, Lucas Henneman, Henry Richardson, Edgar Castro, Falco J. Bargagli-Stoffi, Scott Delaney
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2025-03-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-58287-3
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