People Are Outraged About NFT Energy Consumption
The recent NFT boom is spurring concern that the environmental impact of minting these tokens might not be worth the benefits this emerging market is creating, with at least one artist canceling his NFT drop. In brief, blockchain mining is very energy intensive, and by extension, so is mining NFTs. Both the Bitcoin and Ethereum…
By: Dan Kahan •
DeFi
The recent NFT boom is spurring concern that the environmental impact of minting these tokens might not be worth the benefits this emerging market is creating, with at least one artist canceling his NFT drop. In brief, blockchain mining is very energy intensive, and by extension, so is mining NFTs. Both the Bitcoin and Ethereum…
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