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Implausible projections overestimate near-term Bitcoin CO2 emissions

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Fig. 1: Comparison of Bitcoin CO2 emissions projected by the Mora et al. model.

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The authors declare that all data supporting the findings of this study are available in the article, the Supplementary Information and at https://github.com/emasanet/Bitcoin-analysis.

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Eric Masanet & Nuoa Lei

  2. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA

    Eric Masanet

  3. Energy Analysis & Environmental Impacts Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Arman Shehabi

  4. Faculty of Management, Science & Technology, Open University of the Netherlands and Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    Harald Vranken

  5. Rocky Mountain Institute, Basalt, CO, USA

    Jonathan Koomey

  6. Ericsson Research, Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden

    Jens Malmodin

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All authors contributed equally to the conception and design of this critique, and to the preparation and review of the manuscript. E.M., A.S., N.L. and H.V. led the analytical components.

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Masanet, E., Shehabi, A., Lei, N. et al. Implausible projections overestimate near-term Bitcoin CO2 emissions. Nat. Clim. Chang. 9, 653–654 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-019-0535-4

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