These days, there are few people who have not heard the name of Bitcoin virtual money. As you know, electricity is needed to extract and use this electronic currency, and now a group of scientists have argued that Beat Kevin's globalization eventually leads to global warming.
According to researchers from the University of Hawaii, published in the prestigious Journal of Nature, the increasing use of bitcoin by 2048 will alone raise the Earth's temperature by 2 degrees Celsius.
The article is one of the latest research on energy consumption by bitcoin and its harmful effects on the environment. Previously, some studies have highlighted the high energy consumption of the virtual money transactions and reported the electricity requirement for each bitcoin transaction with weekly electricity consumption at a residential home.
Of course, Bitcoin is not the only virtual currency that raises electricity consumption, and, for example, hackers use the victim system to extract Monroe's cash money, which dramatically increases energy consumption.
On the other hand, in addition to the large amount of energy consumed by the computer when extracting virtual currency, the energy required for transactions should also be considered significant for Bitcoin and the number of transactions that take place. Was.
Extraction and transaction of virtual currencies require high energy consumption
But the key point that scientists warn about is Beat Covein's becoming a common currency among communities, because at present, the energy spent on extraction and use of the currency on a global scale is not much, but in Its growth, like other technologies, contributes to a 2-degree increase in Earth's temperature by 2048.
It is noteworthy that according to scientists, a 2-degree increase in Earth's temperature will be sufficient for major climatic changes and irreversible environmental crises.