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Szamosszegi: The Bitcoin mining network is almost carbon negative

William Szamosszegi · Bitcoin Mining Is Almost Carbon Negative and Nobody Is Covering It · May 15, 2023 · at 8:32

Saz Mining CEO William Szamosszegi asserts that renewable energy adoption and methane mitigation make the Bitcoin network nearly carbon negative.

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“The entire network at this point in time is almost carbon negative.”

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The entire Bitcoin network is currently almost carbon negative.

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