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A worker installs a new row of bitcoin mining machines at the Whinstone US Bitcoin mining facility in Rockdale, Texas, the largest bitcoin-mining facility in North America.
Photo by MARK FELIX / AFP / AFP via Getty Images
Bitcoin mining is notoriously energy-intensive, but new research suggests it may contribute as much to climate change as the…
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