It has always been an issue… the energy being used by mining coins (esp bitcoin) this is why alots and lots of countries are starting too ban crypto saying that it uses so much energy. Samw reason as to why Elon halted accepting bitcoin as trsla payment.
Now, US senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expanded her inquiry of bitcoin miners’ energy usage and their environmental footprint, sending letters to six more miners on Thursday.
The six miner’s mentioned are as follows:
Riot Blockchain,
Marathon Digital Holdings,
Stronghold Digital Mining,
Bitdeer,
Bitfury Group
Bit Digital
Because they have an “extraordinary energy usage.
