The environmental impact of blockchains (Webinar)
work in progress : https://www.speare.com/doc/4c4301e9-6b4c-47cd-887e-f16b6076a163
Technology overview
Type of blockchains
Technological constraints & functioning
Environmental Impact
Impact types
- Energy consumption (fossil energy? nuclear? …)
- Rare minerals
Impact sources
- Running the nodes + Consensus algo (PoW / PoStake / PoSpace / etC.)
- Network comunication (% of inefficiency?)
- Storage of blockchain
What measures, studies & analysis say
- For blockchains (in general) ?
- The case of Bitcoin ?
- The case of Ethereum ?
- Other coins/chains ?
Conclusions
Technical evolutions ?
What can we change ? (as users / adopters)
References
Unsorted
- Daniel Larimer. Bitshares – Delegated Proof-of-Stake Consensus
Academic
- Dr G. Hileman & M. Rauchs, (January 2017), 2017 Global Cryptocurrency Benchmarking Study, SSRN Electronic Journal
- H. Vranken (October 2017), Sustainability of bitcoin and blockchains
- Hass McCook (August 2018), The Cost & Sustainability of Bitcoin
- P. De Filippi (September 2018), Blockchain et cryptomonnaies
- M. Zade, J. Myklebost, P. Tzscheutschler and U. Wagner (March 2019), Is Bitcoin the Only Problem? A Scenario Model for the Power Demand of Blockchains
- C. Stoll, L. Klaaßen, U. Gallersdörfer (June 2019), The Carbon Footprint of Bitcoin
- J. Sedlmeir, H. U. Buhl, G. Fridgen & R. Keller (June 2020), The Energy Consumption of Blockchain Technology : Beyond Myth
- Y. Fernando, N. Hazwani, M. Rozuarc, F. Mergeresa (February 2021), The blockchain-enabled technology and carbon performance: Insights from early adopters
- A. De Vries (March 2021), Bitcoin Boom: What Rising Prices Mean for the Network’s Energy Consumption
- L.Ante, F.Steinmetz, I.Fiedler (March 2021), Blockchain and energy: A bibliometric analysis and review
- C. Mora, R. L. Rollins, K. Taladay, M. B. Kantar, M. K. Chock, M. Shimada, E. C. Franklin (October 2018), Bitcoin emissions alone could push global warming above 2°C
Official & Institutional
- Assemblée Nationale (France), Enjeux technologiques des blockchains (chaînes de blocs)
- CNRS (France), Consommation énergétique des technologies blockchain
- European Commission, Experience the future with the European Blockchain Services Infrastructure (EBSI)
Organizations, Projects & Whitepapers
- ‘Proof-of-Stake’ in Blockchain Technology: All you need to know
- Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (live)
- Global Bitcoin nodes distribution
- Consensus (types)
- Blockchain.com, Total hash rate in the bitcoin network in the last 24 hours
- Bitcoin Clean Energy Initiative Memorandum (April 2021), Bitcoin is Key toan Abundant, Clean Energy Future
News, Blogs, vlogs, podcasts
- JP. Delahaye, La dépense électrique des crypto-monnaies
- JP. Delahaye, Ne nions pas le problème électrique du Bitcoin
- Youtube - FACT CHECK: Bitcoin Mining is BAD For The Climate!? 🌎
- T. Nitot, Standblog - Le bitcoin est il écolo
- Digiconomist, Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
- L. Wintermeyer, Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption Is A Highly Charged Debate – Who’s Right?
Coinbase, 7 biggest Bitcoin myths
- Wired (December 2019), Bitcoin’s Climate Impact Is Global. The Cures Are Local.
- D. Hollerith (October 2020), Why Bitcoin Miners Don’t Use More Renewable Energy
- BBC News, Science (February 2021), How Bitcoin’s vast energy use could burst its bubble
Braiins.com (February 2021), Green Innovation in Bitcoin Mining: Recycling ASIC Heat
