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Bitcoin's Growing Carbon Footprint

Why are we seeing Bitcoin's carbon footprint increase?

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Bitcoin is the original and most popular cryptocurrency, but using it comes at a significant cost to our environment.

A new research paper has found that the carbon impact of Bitcoin increased significantly since China banned cryptocurrencies last year.

So why are we seeing Bitcoin's carbon footprint grow?

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