Hi all, just wanted to provide the information that I've used to respond to friends and family and (mostly) co-workers about the actual comparison between BTC energy consumption and carbon footprint to that of traditional financial institutions. I don't think anyone here needs convincing, but if this helps anyone else to have the facts, I wanted to get them out there.
Rebuttal to the Bloomberg article:
www.coindesk.com/wha...ns-climate-footprint
Comparison of BTC to traditional banking alone:
medium.com/@mukeat/c...vsbanks-a5f8f0b844d0
Comparing BTC to the whole traditional monetary system:
coincentral.com/what...t-of-bitcoin-mining/
Rebuttal to the Bloomberg article:
www.coindesk.com/wha...ns-climate-footprint
Comparison of BTC to traditional banking alone:
medium.com/@mukeat/c...vsbanks-a5f8f0b844d0
Comparing BTC to the whole traditional monetary system:
coincentral.com/what...t-of-bitcoin-mining/