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Think Tank Reignites Debate Over Bitcoin Mining's Environmental Effects

An Australia-based sustainability think-tank has claimed that bitcoin could eventually consume 60% of annual global electricity production.

By Yessi Bello Perez
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 2:01 p.m. Published May 27, 2015, 5:25 p.m.
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