“Simply put, bitcoin is slowing the effort to achieve a rapid transition away from fossil fuels. What’s more, this is just the beginning. Given its rapidly growing climate footprint, bitcoin is a malignant development, and it’s getting worse.”
It is under appreciated how evil bitcoin is. It literally has no redeeming qualities for me, and I do openly judge people who invest in it. We all should.
Bitcoin Mining Guzzles Energy—And Its Carbon Footprint Just Keeps Growing