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2023-04-11 19:25:48 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: F7DEFB886EAA3424DC8FD0F589C1A96731489516AAADC18C65D99EEA7633BF43
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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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