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Report: Bitcoin Mining Is Worse Than Beef Production

A new report suggests that bitcoin is bad: very bad. It’s so bad for the environment, it’s on par with hardcore beef production, and it’s far worse than gold mining. Bitcoin and Beef… The Former’s Worse? The paper is co-authored by Benjamin A. Jones, an associate professor of economics at the University of New Mexico. In a recent interview, he commented: [This energy use] is because of the proof of work production process that [bitcoin] uses. Miners all over the world...

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