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2023-04-12 10:16:05 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EE50726DD37EBB230077AEBACA78C2B835DFC91D979CFBBC5B8D8E711DD5E6F0
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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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