Greenpeace recently made a cool propaganda artwork that lampoons the energy costs of Bitcoin mining. Nevermind that Bitcoin mining can easily be done with environmentally friendly energy sources, plus many cryptocurrency projects have turned to the proof of stake protocol, eliminating mining in transaction processing. Thermal energy is already used for mining, some parts of the world are rich in this. The expansion of mining projects can thus be accomplished without much damage to the environment.
In fact, I invested into one project years ago that aimed at exploiting hydroelectric power in powering their farm. Would’ve been a sweet hustle, but the country they operated in banned mining.
Like most activists, Greenpeace are idiots. But their art is awesome!
