News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C: study from 2018. Parent comment

Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by dschuessler on Sunday January 17, 2021 @05:50PM (#25816063)
I suspect by "develop" the parent comment did not refer to the construction of power plants but to the improvement of the technology. Like in "Research & Development".
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2... by viraptor on Sunday January 17, 2021 @06:24PM (#25816335)
Have you got any non-trivial examples/plans of that happening beyond btc mining speeding up the existing "we need to solve this so fewer people die" process?
[ Parent | on HN ]