Mining Cryptocurrency Has 'Very Worrying' Impact on Environment, Says United Nations

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⚡Mining Cryptocurrency Has 'Very Worrying' Impact on Environment, Says United Nations

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Mining Cryptocurrency Has 'Very Worrying' Impact on Environment, Says United Nations

Further, Bitcoin’s water footprint was also similar to the amount of water required to fill over 660,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools, enough to meet the current domestic water needs of more than 300 million people in rural sub-Saharan Africa.