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Could Bitcoin emissions push global warming above 2 °C?

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  • Lars Dittmar

    (Institute for Climate Protection, Energy and Mobility)

  • Aaron Praktiknjo

    (RWTH Aachen University)

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  • Lars Dittmar & Aaron Praktiknjo, 2019. "Could Bitcoin emissions push global warming above 2 °C?," Nature Climate Change, Nature, vol. 9(9), pages 656-657, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcli:v:9:y:2019:i:9:d:10.1038_s41558-019-0534-5
    DOI: 10.1038/s41558-019-0534-5
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    2. Agur, Itai & Lavayssière, Xavier & Villegas Bauer, Germán & Deodoro, Jose & Martinez Peria, Soledad & Sandri, Damiano & Tourpe, Hervé, 2023. "Lessons from crypto assets for the design of energy efficient digital currencies," Ecological Economics, Elsevier, vol. 212(C).
    3. Hector F. Calvo-Pardo & Tullio Mancini & Jose Olmo, 2022. "Machine Learning the Carbon Footprint of Bitcoin Mining," JRFM, MDPI, vol. 15(2), pages 1-30, February.
    4. Podhorsky, Andrea, 2023. "Taxing bitcoin: Incentivizing the difficulty adjustment mechanism to reduce electricity usage," International Review of Financial Analysis, Elsevier, vol. 86(C).
    5. Baur, Dirk G. & Oll, Josua, 2022. "Bitcoin investments and climate change: A financial and carbon intensity perspective," Finance Research Letters, Elsevier, vol. 47(PA).
    6. Schinckus, Christophe, 2021. "Proof-of-work based blockchain technology and Anthropocene: An undermined situation?," Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews, Elsevier, vol. 152(C).
    7. Johannes Sedlmeir & Hans Ulrich Buhl & Gilbert Fridgen & Robert Keller, 2020. "The Energy Consumption of Blockchain Technology: Beyond Myth," Business & Information Systems Engineering: The International Journal of WIRTSCHAFTSINFORMATIK, Springer;Gesellschaft für Informatik e.V. (GI), vol. 62(6), pages 599-608, December.
    8. Matteo Manganelli & Alessandro Soldati & Luigi Martirano & Seeram Ramakrishna, 2021. "Strategies for Improving the Sustainability of Data Centers via Energy Mix, Energy Conservation, and Circular Energy," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(11), pages 1-25, May.
    9. Hani Alshahrani & Noman Islam & Darakhshan Syed & Adel Sulaiman & Mana Saleh Al Reshan & Khairan Rajab & Asadullah Shaikh & Jaweed Shuja-Uddin & Aadar Soomro, 2023. "Sustainability in Blockchain: A Systematic Literature Review on Scalability and Power Consumption Issues," Energies, MDPI, vol. 16(3), pages 1-24, February.
    10. Liu, Fangying & Su, Chi Wei & Tao, Ran & Qin, Meng & Umar, Muhammad, 2024. "Fintech and aluminium: Strategic enablers of climate change mitigation and sustainable mineral policy," Resources Policy, Elsevier, vol. 91(C).
    11. Sergio Luis Náñez Alonso & Javier Jorge-Vázquez & Miguel Ángel Echarte Fernández & Ricardo Francisco Reier Forradellas, 2021. "Cryptocurrency Mining from an Economic and Environmental Perspective. Analysis of the Most and Least Sustainable Countries," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(14), pages 1-22, July.
    12. Wang, Ping & Han, Wei & Kumail Abbas Rizvi, Syed & Naqvi, Bushra, 2022. "Is Digital Adoption the way forward to Curb Energy Poverty?," Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier, vol. 180(C).
    13. Sharif, Arshian & Brahim, Mariem & Dogan, Eyup & Tzeremes, Panayiotis, 2023. "Analysis of the spillover effects between green economy, clean and dirty cryptocurrencies," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 120(C).
    14. Robert Istrate & Victor Tulus & Robert N. Grass & Laurent Vanbever & Wendelin J. Stark & Gonzalo Guillén-Gosálbez, 2024. "The environmental sustainability of digital content consumption," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-11, December.
    15. Hebous, Shafik & Vernon-Lin, Nate, 2024. "Cryptocarbon: How much is the corrective tax?," Energy Economics, Elsevier, vol. 138(C).
    16. Srivastava, Richa & Singh, Deepak Kumar & Rana, Nripendra P., 2024. "Analysis of barriers to investment and mining in cryptocurrency for traditional and tech-savvy investors: A fuzzy approach," Technology in Society, Elsevier, vol. 77(C).
    17. Shize Qin & Lena Klaa{ss}en & Ulrich Gallersdorfer & Christian Stoll & Da Zhang, 2020. "Bitcoin's future carbon footprint," Papers 2011.02612, arXiv.org, revised Jan 2021.

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