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2023-12-01 00:31:08 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: AF4BFFA70FFDE89C8955254A2B37B65D96C5C98327998C88BD84F589EF448FF1
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The quoted expert "Alex de Vries" has made many claims about the bitcoin network which led to similarly alarming headlines such as: "Bitcoin Mining on Track to Consume All of the World's Energy by 2020"-https://www.newsweek.com/bitcoin-mining-track-consume-worlds-energy-2020-744036 His claims have been refuted by the International Energy Agency. https://www.iea.org/commentaries/bitcoin-energy-use-mined-the-gap
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