Cryptodamages: Monetary value estimates of the air pollution and human health impacts of cryptocurrency mining: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2214629619302701 #Crypto #ClimateChange
Results indicate that in 2018, each $1 of Bitcoin value created was responsible for $0.49 in health and climate damages in the US and $0.37 in China. Mining $1 worth of Bitcoin entails almost $0.5 in human and environmental costs.