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2023-04-11 16:42:37 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: D81D7F2165B122C356600E5AF94167F021996E862F53B335975889D9DCC62864
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This claim is misleading. The Crypto Climate Accord, a crypto group, agrees it is misleading. Bitcoin mining requires energy. A study of 34 large-scale U.S. Bitcoin mines found that its annual energy needs directly resulted in emitting 10.4 million tons of carbon. https://cryptoclimate.org/accord/ https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/09/business/bitcoin-mining-electricity-pollution.html
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