Bitcoin mining could cancel out climate change efforts, scientists say

This article published by CBC News that report the bitcoin mining could cancel out climate change efforts, scientists say. This digital currency takes huge amounts of energy to produce which it effect the climate change. Producing bitcoin at a pace with growing demand could by 2033 defeat the aim of limiting global warming to 2 C, according to U.S. research published in the journal Nature Climate Change. The bitcoin should be added to the list of the main contributors to ongoing climate change. One bitcoin currently selling for about $8,300. And in 2017, bitcoin production and usage emitted…