For years, the “pollution” of Bitcoin was the main argument of its detractors: farms filled with ASICs devoured electricity and, according to alarmist headlines, “consumed more than entire countries.” Two years later, the data tells a different story.
Studies from the Bitcoin Mining Council and the University of Cambridge estimate that, by 2025, more than 60% of the energy used to mine BTC will come from renewable sources, almost double that in 2021.
What changed and what does it mean for Latin America?