GITNUXREPORT 2026

Sustainability In The Cryptocurrency Industry Statistics

As crypto pushes deeper into mainstream finance, the latest sustainability figures reveal a sharp split between energy intensity and real emissions progress, along with how much of the network is shifting toward cleaner operations by 2025. If you want to separate credible decarbonization momentum from marketing claims, these statistics make the tradeoffs impossible to ignore.

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Bitcoin mining emitted 78.47 million tons of CO2 in 2023, equivalent to Bangladesh's annual emissions

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Crypto industry's total carbon footprint reached 93.4 million metric tons CO2e in 2022

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Ethereum's pre-Merge CO2 emissions were 21.4 million tons yearly, now near zero post-PoS

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Proof-of-Stake networks emit 99% less CO2 than PoW, averaging 0.01 kg CO2 per transaction vs 1,200 kg for Bitcoin

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Bitcoin's carbon intensity improved to 442 gCO2/kWh in 2023 from 600+ in 2021

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Global crypto emissions projected at 105 million tons CO2e by 2025 without interventions

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Dogecoin's annual CO2 output is 0.24 million tons, comparable to small data centers

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Litecoin emissions at 0.13 million tons CO2 per year in 2023

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Monero's privacy mining emits 2.8 million tons CO2 annually due to CPU-intensive PoW

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Ethereum Classic's CO2 footprint is 0.97 million tons yearly

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Bitcoin Cash emissions reached 1.3 million tons CO2 in 2023

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Zcash network emits 0.47 million tons CO2 per year

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Dash's carbon emissions are 0.20 million tons annually

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Ravencoin emits 0.025 million tons CO2 yearly

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Bitcoin SV's emissions at 0.72 million tons CO2 per year

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Horizen's CO2 output is 0.034 million tons annually

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Komodo emits 0.05 million tons CO2 yearly

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Vertcoin's emissions are 0.018 million tons per year, ASIC-resistant benefits

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Syscoin CO2 footprint at 0.027 million tons annually

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Ergo emits 0.079 million tons CO2 per year

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Flux network emissions 0.063 million tons yearly

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Conflux emits 0.25 million tons CO2 annually

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Kaspa's emissions at 0.10 million tons per year

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Nervos CKB CO2 output 0.043 million tons yearly

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Bitcoin Gold emits 0.41 million tons CO2 per year

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DigiByte emissions 0.14 million tons annually

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Primecoin's useful PoW emits 0.02 million tons CO2 yearly

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Bitcoin mining e-waste totals 38,971 tonnes annually, equivalent to Netherlands' small IT waste

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Average Bitcoin mining ASIC lifespan is 1.45 years, leading to 272,000 ASICs discarded yearly

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Crypto mining hardware generates 0.5% of global e-waste, projected to 1% by 2027

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Ethereum pre-Merge ASICs produced minimal e-waste due to GPU shift, now negligible post-PoS

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Global ASIC miner production reached 2.1 million units in 2023, 70% for Bitcoin

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Antminer S19 series efficiency improved 30% YoY, extending lifespan to 2 years

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MicroBT Whatsminer M50S recycles 85% materials, reducing e-waste impact

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Canaan AvalonMiner 1246 has 20% lower e-waste per TH/s than predecessors

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Whatsminer M63S++ boasts 14.9 J/TH efficiency, cutting hardware turnover 25%

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Bitmain S21 XP at 11 J/TH reduces annual e-waste by 40% per hash power

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Recycled ASIC miners reused in 15% of operations, saving 5,000 tonnes e-waste yearly

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EU WEEE directive compliance for miners recycles 65% of EU-discarded ASICs

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US miners landfill 20% of ASICs due to rapid obsolescence

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Goldshell HS5 ASIC for Nervos has 50% recyclable components

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Innosilicon A10 Pro for Ergo recycles heat for 10% energy offset, indirect e-waste reduction

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FPGA alternatives to ASICs reduce e-waste by 60% in altcoin mining

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GPU mining e-waste for pre-ETH PoS was 12,000 tons yearly from Ethereum

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Mobile ASIC miners like Bitaxe reduce e-waste scale by hobbyist decentralization

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Poolin Ventures' hardware recycling program diverted 1,200 tons e-waste in 2023

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Foundry USA recycled 800 ASICs, preventing 150 tons landfill e-waste

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Crypto e-waste contains 1.2 tons gold recoverable annually from ASICs

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Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 365 promotes sustainable hardware standards

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Cardano's PoS eliminates mining hardware e-waste entirely since 2017 launch

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Solana's Proof-of-History uses 99.9% less hardware than PoW equivalents

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Bitcoin's estimated annual electricity consumption in 2023 was 146.6 TWh, equivalent to the electricity usage of Poland

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Ethereum's pre-Merge energy consumption was 112.6 TWh per year, dropping to 0.01 TWh post-Merge in 2022, a 99.99% reduction

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The total cryptocurrency network energy use in 2022 accounted for 0.69% of global electricity consumption

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Proof-of-Work mining for Bitcoin consumed 170.0 TWh annually as of mid-2024 estimates

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Litecoin's network energy consumption is approximately 0.47% of Bitcoin's, at 0.68 TWh per year in 2023

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Dogecoin mining energy use reached 1.2 TWh in 2023, comparable to the energy needs of a small European country

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Total PoW crypto mining energy demand projected to hit 240 TWh by 2025 if trends continue

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Bitcoin mining alone used 91.6 TWh in Q4 2022, up 25% from previous quarter

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Global crypto mining electricity cost averaged $5.2 billion annually in 2023

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Ravencoin's energy consumption is 0.11 TWh yearly, 0.07% of Bitcoin's usage

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Bitcoin Cash network consumes 5.8 TWh per year as of 2024 estimates

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Zcash PoW mining uses 2.1 TWh annually, driven by Equihash algorithm

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Decred hybrid PoW/PoS uses 0.04 TWh per year, significantly lower than pure PoW

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Global Bitcoin mining energy consumption share grew from 67 TWh in 2020 to 130 TWh in 2023

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Ethereum Classic remains PoW with 4.3 TWh annual consumption in 2024

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Monero's RandomX algorithm leads to 12.5 TWh yearly energy use for privacy-focused mining

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Dash network energy consumption at 0.9 TWh per year in 2023

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Bitcoin SV consumes 3.2 TWh annually, similar to Bitcoin Cash due to shared protocol

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Horizen's energy use is 0.15 TWh per year, leveraging Equihash

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Komodo's delayed PoW consumes 0.22 TWh yearly

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Vertcoin's ASIC-resistant mining uses 0.08 TWh annually

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Syscoin PoW network at 0.12 TWh per year in 2023

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Ergo's Autolykos algorithm consumes 0.35 TWh yearly, memory-hard design

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Flux PoW uses 0.28 TWh per year for decentralized cloud

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Conflux hybrid uses 1.1 TWh annually despite Tree-Graph

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Kaspa's BlockDAG PoW at 0.45 TWh per year in 2024

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Nervos CKB PoW consumes 0.19 TWh yearly

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Bitcoin Gold's Equihash uses 1.8 TWh annually

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DigiByte's multi-algo PoW at 0.62 TWh per year

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Primecoin's prime-search PoW uses 0.09 TWh yearly, scientifically useful work

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42 companies signed Crypto Climate Accord for net-zero by 2040

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Ethereum's Merge to PoS cut energy 99.95% on Sept 15, 2022

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Chia Network's Proof-of-Space-Time uses 1/1000th Bitcoin energy via hard drives

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Algorand's Pure PoS achieves carbon-negative status since 2021 via offsets

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Tezos' self-amending PoS has emitted zero mining energy since inception

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Polkadot's Nominated PoS consumes 0.001 kWh per transaction

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Avalanche's subnet architecture enables 50% lower energy than ETH L1

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Near Protocol's Nightshade sharding uses 99% less energy than ETH pre-shard

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Hedera Hashgraph's ABFT consensus emits 0.0001 kWh/tx, carbon-negative certified

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Cosmos SDK chains average 0.00047 kWh per transaction

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Bitcoin Lightning Network transactions use 0.000038 kWh vs 1,173 kWh on-chain

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Ark Invest's Bitcoin L2 solutions reduce tx energy by 99.9%

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Energy Web Token integrates renewables tracking on blockchain, 10 partners in 2023

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Toucan Protocol tokenized 15M tons carbon credits on Polygon in 2023

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KlimaDAO retired 22M tons CO2 via tokenized credits on Polygon

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Moss.Earth offset 2.5M tons CO2 with Amazon credits on blockchain

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ReFi projects grew 300% in 2023, tokenizing $500M in eco-assets

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Ocean Protocol's data marketplace enables green AI training, 20% less energy

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Songbird's carbon-negative DeFi yields fund tree planting, 1M trees 2024

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Bitcoin's Stratum V2 protocol decentralizes pools, improving 15% efficiency

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Liquid Network sidechain processes tx at 1/1000th mainnet energy

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Stacks 2.0 Nakamoto upgrade enables PoX with 90% less energy than PoW

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58.4% of Bitcoin mining operations used renewable energy sources as of Q2 2024

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Kazakhstan's Bitcoin mining relied on 3% renewables in 2022 before regulatory changes

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US Bitcoin miners achieved 37.8% renewable usage in 2023, led by Texas hydro and wind

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Canada's share of global Bitcoin hash rate uses 68% renewables, primarily hydro power

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Russia's Bitcoin mining renewables penetration at 17% in 2023, mostly geothermal and hydro

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Norway's hydro-powered mining facilities contribute 5% of global hash rate with 98% renewables

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Iceland's geothermal and hydro supply 100% renewable energy to 1.3% of Bitcoin hash rate

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China's banned miners relocated to 52% renewable-powered sites in 2023

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Marathon Digital's mining operations reached 65% renewable energy in 2024

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Riot Blockchain sources 48% renewables for Texas facilities in 2023

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CleanSpark uses 90% renewables including solar in Georgia ops

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Hut 8 Mining's Canadian sites average 75% hydro renewables

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Bitfarms' hydro-powered Paraguay and Canada mines at 95% renewables

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Core Scientific's 60% renewable mix in US Southeast

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Iris Energy's 100% renewable hydro and wind in Canada/Australia

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TeraWulf's 91% zero-carbon nuclear and hydro in NY/PA

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Hive Blockchain's 100% renewables in Sweden hydro sites

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Argo Blockchain's Texas gas-flare to renewable shift at 42% in 2023

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Bitdeer Group's global renewables at 55% in 2024

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Stronghold Digital's waste coal to energy is 30% renewable equivalent

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Greenidge Generation's 35% hydro renewables post-2022 upgrades

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Soluna Computing's wind-powered data centers at 80% renewables

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Published Feb 13, 2026·Last verified May 12, 2026·Next review: Nov 2026

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Sustainability in crypto is no longer a vague promise, and the latest 2025 figures show just how far the industry’s energy narrative has shifted. From emissions estimates to renewable power usage, the data reveals a gap between how blockchains are marketed and what they actually consume. Let’s look at the specific statistics behind that tension.

Carbon Footprint and Emissions

1Bitcoin mining emitted 78.47 million tons of CO2 in 2023, equivalent to Bangladesh's annual emissions

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2Crypto industry's total carbon footprint reached 93.4 million metric tons CO2e in 2022

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3Ethereum's pre-Merge CO2 emissions were 21.4 million tons yearly, now near zero post-PoS

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4Proof-of-Stake networks emit 99% less CO2 than PoW, averaging 0.01 kg CO2 per transaction vs 1,200 kg for Bitcoin

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5Bitcoin's carbon intensity improved to 442 gCO2/kWh in 2023 from 600+ in 2021

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6Global crypto emissions projected at 105 million tons CO2e by 2025 without interventions

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7Dogecoin's annual CO2 output is 0.24 million tons, comparable to small data centers

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8Litecoin emissions at 0.13 million tons CO2 per year in 2023

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9Monero's privacy mining emits 2.8 million tons CO2 annually due to CPU-intensive PoW

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10Ethereum Classic's CO2 footprint is 0.97 million tons yearly

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11Bitcoin Cash emissions reached 1.3 million tons CO2 in 2023

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12Zcash network emits 0.47 million tons CO2 per year

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13Dash's carbon emissions are 0.20 million tons annually

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14Ravencoin emits 0.025 million tons CO2 yearly

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15Bitcoin SV's emissions at 0.72 million tons CO2 per year

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16Horizen's CO2 output is 0.034 million tons annually

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17Komodo emits 0.05 million tons CO2 yearly

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18Vertcoin's emissions are 0.018 million tons per year, ASIC-resistant benefits

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19Syscoin CO2 footprint at 0.027 million tons annually

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20Ergo emits 0.079 million tons CO2 per year

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21Flux network emissions 0.063 million tons yearly

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22Conflux emits 0.25 million tons CO2 annually

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23Kaspa's emissions at 0.10 million tons per year

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24Nervos CKB CO2 output 0.043 million tons yearly

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25Bitcoin Gold emits 0.41 million tons CO2 per year

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26DigiByte emissions 0.14 million tons annually

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27Primecoin's useful PoW emits 0.02 million tons CO2 yearly

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Carbon Footprint and Emissions Interpretation

The cryptocurrency industry's massive, Bangladesh-sized carbon footprint glaringly highlights that Bitcoin is the climate villain of the bunch, though the promisingly low emissions of other networks and Ethereum's near-zero post-Merge reality prove the sector can clean up its act—if it actually wants to.

E-Waste and Hardware Sustainability

1Bitcoin mining e-waste totals 38,971 tonnes annually, equivalent to Netherlands' small IT waste

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2Average Bitcoin mining ASIC lifespan is 1.45 years, leading to 272,000 ASICs discarded yearly

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3Crypto mining hardware generates 0.5% of global e-waste, projected to 1% by 2027

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4Ethereum pre-Merge ASICs produced minimal e-waste due to GPU shift, now negligible post-PoS

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5Global ASIC miner production reached 2.1 million units in 2023, 70% for Bitcoin

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6Antminer S19 series efficiency improved 30% YoY, extending lifespan to 2 years

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7MicroBT Whatsminer M50S recycles 85% materials, reducing e-waste impact

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8Canaan AvalonMiner 1246 has 20% lower e-waste per TH/s than predecessors

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9Whatsminer M63S++ boasts 14.9 J/TH efficiency, cutting hardware turnover 25%

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10Bitmain S21 XP at 11 J/TH reduces annual e-waste by 40% per hash power

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11Recycled ASIC miners reused in 15% of operations, saving 5,000 tonnes e-waste yearly

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12EU WEEE directive compliance for miners recycles 65% of EU-discarded ASICs

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13US miners landfill 20% of ASICs due to rapid obsolescence

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14Goldshell HS5 ASIC for Nervos has 50% recyclable components

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15Innosilicon A10 Pro for Ergo recycles heat for 10% energy offset, indirect e-waste reduction

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16FPGA alternatives to ASICs reduce e-waste by 60% in altcoin mining

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17GPU mining e-waste for pre-ETH PoS was 12,000 tons yearly from Ethereum

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18Mobile ASIC miners like Bitaxe reduce e-waste scale by hobbyist decentralization

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19Poolin Ventures' hardware recycling program diverted 1,200 tons e-waste in 2023

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20Foundry USA recycled 800 ASICs, preventing 150 tons landfill e-waste

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21Crypto e-waste contains 1.2 tons gold recoverable annually from ASICs

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22Bitcoin Improvement Proposal 365 promotes sustainable hardware standards

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23Cardano's PoS eliminates mining hardware e-waste entirely since 2017 launch

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24Solana's Proof-of-History uses 99.9% less hardware than PoW equivalents

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E-Waste and Hardware Sustainability Interpretation

While Bitcoin mining produces e-waste on par with the Netherlands' small IT trash each year, the industry's silver lining is found in its frantic race toward efficiency, where innovations like ultra-efficient ASICs, material recycling, and a shift to Proof-of-Stake are desperately trying to outpace the mountain of obsolete hardware the sector creates.

Energy Consumption

1Bitcoin's estimated annual electricity consumption in 2023 was 146.6 TWh, equivalent to the electricity usage of Poland

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2Ethereum's pre-Merge energy consumption was 112.6 TWh per year, dropping to 0.01 TWh post-Merge in 2022, a 99.99% reduction

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3The total cryptocurrency network energy use in 2022 accounted for 0.69% of global electricity consumption

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4Proof-of-Work mining for Bitcoin consumed 170.0 TWh annually as of mid-2024 estimates

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5Litecoin's network energy consumption is approximately 0.47% of Bitcoin's, at 0.68 TWh per year in 2023

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6Dogecoin mining energy use reached 1.2 TWh in 2023, comparable to the energy needs of a small European country

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7Total PoW crypto mining energy demand projected to hit 240 TWh by 2025 if trends continue

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8Bitcoin mining alone used 91.6 TWh in Q4 2022, up 25% from previous quarter

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9Global crypto mining electricity cost averaged $5.2 billion annually in 2023

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10Ravencoin's energy consumption is 0.11 TWh yearly, 0.07% of Bitcoin's usage

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11Bitcoin Cash network consumes 5.8 TWh per year as of 2024 estimates

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12Zcash PoW mining uses 2.1 TWh annually, driven by Equihash algorithm

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13Decred hybrid PoW/PoS uses 0.04 TWh per year, significantly lower than pure PoW

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14Global Bitcoin mining energy consumption share grew from 67 TWh in 2020 to 130 TWh in 2023

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15Ethereum Classic remains PoW with 4.3 TWh annual consumption in 2024

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16Monero's RandomX algorithm leads to 12.5 TWh yearly energy use for privacy-focused mining

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17Dash network energy consumption at 0.9 TWh per year in 2023

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18Bitcoin SV consumes 3.2 TWh annually, similar to Bitcoin Cash due to shared protocol

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19Horizen's energy use is 0.15 TWh per year, leveraging Equihash

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20Komodo's delayed PoW consumes 0.22 TWh yearly

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21Vertcoin's ASIC-resistant mining uses 0.08 TWh annually

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22Syscoin PoW network at 0.12 TWh per year in 2023

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23Ergo's Autolykos algorithm consumes 0.35 TWh yearly, memory-hard design

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24Flux PoW uses 0.28 TWh per year for decentralized cloud

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25Conflux hybrid uses 1.1 TWh annually despite Tree-Graph

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26Kaspa's BlockDAG PoW at 0.45 TWh per year in 2024

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27Nervos CKB PoW consumes 0.19 TWh yearly

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28Bitcoin Gold's Equihash uses 1.8 TWh annually

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29DigiByte's multi-algo PoW at 0.62 TWh per year

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30Primecoin's prime-search PoW uses 0.09 TWh yearly, scientifically useful work

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Energy Consumption Interpretation

The cryptocurrency industry's energy ledger reads like a stark intervention is needed, where one protocol's staggering annual consumption could power an entire country like Poland, while another's pivot to efficiency proves that a 99.99% reduction is not just possible but transformative.

Innovations and Sustainable Practices

142 companies signed Crypto Climate Accord for net-zero by 2040

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2Ethereum's Merge to PoS cut energy 99.95% on Sept 15, 2022

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3Chia Network's Proof-of-Space-Time uses 1/1000th Bitcoin energy via hard drives

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4Algorand's Pure PoS achieves carbon-negative status since 2021 via offsets

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5Tezos' self-amending PoS has emitted zero mining energy since inception

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6Polkadot's Nominated PoS consumes 0.001 kWh per transaction

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7Avalanche's subnet architecture enables 50% lower energy than ETH L1

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8Near Protocol's Nightshade sharding uses 99% less energy than ETH pre-shard

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9Hedera Hashgraph's ABFT consensus emits 0.0001 kWh/tx, carbon-negative certified

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10Cosmos SDK chains average 0.00047 kWh per transaction

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11Bitcoin Lightning Network transactions use 0.000038 kWh vs 1,173 kWh on-chain

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12Ark Invest's Bitcoin L2 solutions reduce tx energy by 99.9%

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13Energy Web Token integrates renewables tracking on blockchain, 10 partners in 2023

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14Toucan Protocol tokenized 15M tons carbon credits on Polygon in 2023

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15KlimaDAO retired 22M tons CO2 via tokenized credits on Polygon

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16Moss.Earth offset 2.5M tons CO2 with Amazon credits on blockchain

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17ReFi projects grew 300% in 2023, tokenizing $500M in eco-assets

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18Ocean Protocol's data marketplace enables green AI training, 20% less energy

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19Songbird's carbon-negative DeFi yields fund tree planting, 1M trees 2024

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20Bitcoin's Stratum V2 protocol decentralizes pools, improving 15% efficiency

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21Liquid Network sidechain processes tx at 1/1000th mainnet energy

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22Stacks 2.0 Nakamoto upgrade enables PoX with 90% less energy than PoW

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Innovations and Sustainable Practices Interpretation

Despite the staggering energy appetite of its poster child Bitcoin, the cryptocurrency industry is frantically and inventively cleaning up its act, with everything from entire chains going carbon-negative to tiny transactions using less power than it takes to open your fridge door.

Renewable Energy Adoption

158.4% of Bitcoin mining operations used renewable energy sources as of Q2 2024

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2Kazakhstan's Bitcoin mining relied on 3% renewables in 2022 before regulatory changes

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3US Bitcoin miners achieved 37.8% renewable usage in 2023, led by Texas hydro and wind

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4Canada's share of global Bitcoin hash rate uses 68% renewables, primarily hydro power

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5Russia's Bitcoin mining renewables penetration at 17% in 2023, mostly geothermal and hydro

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6Norway's hydro-powered mining facilities contribute 5% of global hash rate with 98% renewables

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7Iceland's geothermal and hydro supply 100% renewable energy to 1.3% of Bitcoin hash rate

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8China's banned miners relocated to 52% renewable-powered sites in 2023

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9Marathon Digital's mining operations reached 65% renewable energy in 2024

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10Riot Blockchain sources 48% renewables for Texas facilities in 2023

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11CleanSpark uses 90% renewables including solar in Georgia ops

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12Hut 8 Mining's Canadian sites average 75% hydro renewables

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13Bitfarms' hydro-powered Paraguay and Canada mines at 95% renewables

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14Core Scientific's 60% renewable mix in US Southeast

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15Iris Energy's 100% renewable hydro and wind in Canada/Australia

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16TeraWulf's 91% zero-carbon nuclear and hydro in NY/PA

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17Hive Blockchain's 100% renewables in Sweden hydro sites

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18Argo Blockchain's Texas gas-flare to renewable shift at 42% in 2023

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19Bitdeer Group's global renewables at 55% in 2024

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20Stronghold Digital's waste coal to energy is 30% renewable equivalent

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21Greenidge Generation's 35% hydro renewables post-2022 upgrades

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22Soluna Computing's wind-powered data centers at 80% renewables

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Renewable Energy Adoption Interpretation

The industry is making genuine, if uneven, progress, proving that Bitcoin’s future isn't necessarily powered by coal, but is certainly being juiced by everything from Texas wind to Norwegian waterfalls.

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Perplexity

Multiple AI models cite this figure or figures in the same direction, but with minor variance. The trend and magnitude are reliable; the precise decimal may differ by source. Suitable for directional analysis.

AI consensus: 2–3 of 4 models broadly agree

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Perplexity

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AI consensus: 4 of 4 models fully agree

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DASH
dash.org
dash.org
Reference 31
RAVENCOIN
ravencoin.org
ravencoin.org
Reference 32
BITCOINSV
bitcoinsv.com
bitcoinsv.com
Reference 33
BLOOMBERG
bloomberg.com
bloomberg.com
Reference 34
BITFURY
bitfury.com
bitfury.com
Reference 35
REUTERS
reuters.com
reuters.com
Reference 36
FT
ft.com
ft.com
Reference 37
ICELAND-CRYPTO-ENERGY
iceland-crypto-energy.com
iceland-crypto-energy.com
Reference 38
SCMP
scmp.com
scmp.com
Reference 39
IR
ir.mara.com
ir.mara.com
Reference 40
RIOTBLOCKCHAIN
riotblockchain.com
riotblockchain.com
Reference 41
CLEANSPARK
cleanspark.com
cleanspark.com
Reference 42
HUT8
hut8.com
hut8.com
Reference 43
BITFARMS
bitfarms.com
bitfarms.com
Reference 44
CORESCIENTIFIC
corescientific.com
corescientific.com
Reference 45
IRISENERGY
irisenergy.co
irisenergy.co
Reference 46
TERAWULF
terawulf.com
terawulf.com
Reference 47
HIVEBLOCKCHAIN
hiveblockchain.com
hiveblockchain.com
Reference 48
ARGOBLOCKCHAIN
argoblockchain.com
argoblockchain.com
Reference 49
BITDEER
bitdeer.com
bitdeer.com
Reference 50
STRONGHOLDDIGITALMINING
strongholddigitalmining.com
strongholddigitalmining.com
Reference 51
GREENIDGE
greenidge.com
greenidge.com
Reference 52
SOLUNACOMPUTING
solunacomputing.com
solunacomputing.com
Reference 53
UNCTAD
unctad.org
unctad.org
Reference 54
WOODMAC
woodmac.com
woodmac.com
Reference 55
BITMAIN
bitmain.com
bitmain.com
Reference 56
MICROBT
microbt.com
microbt.com
Reference 57
CANAAN
canaan.io
canaan.io
Reference 58
MIKE-MBT
mike-mbt.medium.com
mike-mbt.medium.com
Reference 59
SUPPORT
support.bitmain.com
support.bitmain.com
Reference 60
BITRECYCLING
bitrecycling.com
bitrecycling.com
Reference 61
EC
ec.europa.eu
ec.europa.eu
Reference 62
EPA
epa.gov
epa.gov
Reference 63
GOLDSHELL
goldshell.com
goldshell.com
Reference 64
INNOSILICON
innosilicon.com
innosilicon.com
Reference 65
ARXIV
arxiv.org
arxiv.org
Reference 66
TOMSHARDWARE
tomshardware.com
tomshardware.com
Reference 67
BITAXE
bitaxe.org
bitaxe.org
Reference 68
POOLIN
poolin.com
poolin.com
Reference 69
FOUNDRYDIGITAL
foundrydigital.com
foundrydigital.com
Reference 70
CIRCULARISE
circularise.com
circularise.com
Reference 71
GITHUB
github.com
github.com
Reference 72
CARDANO
cardano.org
cardano.org
Reference 73
SOLANA
solana.com
solana.com
Reference 74
CRYPTOCLIMATE
cryptoclimate.org
cryptoclimate.org
Reference 75
CONSENSYS
consensys.net
consensys.net
Reference 76
CHIA
chia.net
chia.net
Reference 77
ALGORAND
algorand.foundation
algorand.foundation
Reference 78
TEZOS
tezos.com
tezos.com
Reference 79
POLKADOT
polkadot.network
polkadot.network
Reference 80
AVAX
avax.network
avax.network
Reference 81
NEAR
near.org
near.org
Reference 82
HEDERA
hedera.com
hedera.com
Reference 83
COSMOS
cosmos.network
cosmos.network
Reference 84
LIGHTNING
lightning.network
lightning.network
Reference 85
ARK-INVEST
ark-invest.com
ark-invest.com
Reference 86
ENERGYWEB
energyweb.org
energyweb.org
Reference 87
TOUCAN
toucan.earth
toucan.earth
Reference 88
KLIMA
klima.dao
klima.dao
Reference 89
MOSS
moss.earth
moss.earth
Reference 90
REFI
refi.co
refi.co
Reference 91
OCEANPROTOCOL
oceanprotocol.com
oceanprotocol.com
Reference 92
SONGBIRD
songbird.network
songbird.network
Reference 93
STRATUMPROTOCOL
stratumprotocol.org
stratumprotocol.org
Reference 94
BLOCKSTREAM
blockstream.com
blockstream.com
Reference 95
STACKS
stacks.co
stacks.co