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2024-08-30 17:29:15 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 27A8226DE26E983184C43B6AF783365B212FE02286AB00234093762D4BCD8E25
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Mining has 0 emissions Input is electricity and it generates heat Mining is flexible consumption & a buyer of first/last resort https://k33.com/research/archive/articles/bitcoin-miners-are-unique-energy-consumers https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0928765523000313 Mining has + externalities, ranging from monetizing stranded energy to incentivizing renewables https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/14/3/35 https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acssuschemeng.3c05445 https://www.mdpi.com/2078-1547/14/4/47 Energy consumption is not an issue https://assets.website-files.com/614e11526f6630959fc98679/616df63a27a7ec339f5e6a80_NYDIG-BitcoinNetZero_SML.pdf https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-32415-4_2
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