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Bitcoin mines cash in on electricity — by devouring it, selling it, even turning it off — and they cause immense pollution. In many cases, the public pays a price - Gabriel J.X. Dance

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In order to make money with crypto, “miners” use supercomputers to solve complex mathematical equations before their peers. If they win this algorithmic race, they can add a “block” to the network and are compensated with bitcoins. This is referred to as “blockchain mining,” and it is energetically costly, time-consuming, and only occasionally rewarding.

Crypto mining used to be possible with a home computer setup, but as it’s been corporatized, it now requires massive computers with cooling systems and motherboards. This takes enormous amounts of energy, typically procured from burning fossil fuels.

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