The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom

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The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom

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The environmental burden of the United States’ bitcoin mining boom - Nature Communications

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The paper maps air pollution from power plants supplying electricity to US Bitcoin mines. It finds that 1.9 million people in 2022-2023 breathed toxic amounts of Bitcoin mine attributable pollution, particularly around New York City and Houston.

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