Senator Warren targets six crypto miners, questioning their energy use and environmental footprint. Reports Aoyon_A
U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren expanded her inquiry of bitcoin miners’ energy usage and their environmental footprint, sending letters to six more miners on Thursday.to Riot Blockchain, Marathon Digital Holdings, Stronghold Digital Mining, Bitdeer, Bitfury Group and Bit Digital questioning their “extraordinarily high energy usage.
“The extraordinarily high energy usage and carbon emissions associated with Bitcoin mining could undermine our hard work to tackle the climate crisis – not to mention the harmful impacts cryptomining has on local environments and electricity prices,” Warren said in the letter. The correspondence adds to a list of inquiries by lawmakers globally on the energy consumption of proof-of-work mechanisms that reward crypto miners for validating transactions.