ZDA razmišljajo o predlogu zakona, ki bi od kripto rudarjev zahteval poročanje o emisijah ogljika

U.S. cryptocurrency miners would be required to report greenhouse gas emissions under a new bill submitted to the Senate, reflecting criticism among some lawmakers that the large amount of electricity used to verify transactions on dokazilo o delu blockchains such as Bitcoin is adding to use of fossil fuels blamed for global warming.

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• U.S. Senator Edward J. Markey and Representative Jared Huffman said in a Četrtkova izjava that they have submitted the Zakon o okoljski preglednosti kripto sredstev that would require crypto mining operations that consume more than 5 megawatts of power — or most Bitcoin mining projects — to report their carbon dioxide emissions.
• Senator Jeff Merkley cosponsored the proposed legislation.
• The lawmakers said Bitcoin miners use as much as 1.4% of U.S. electricity, citing an avgustovsko poročilo from the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy that says this is equivalent to the power needed to light every home in the country.
• The bill would also direct the Environmental Protection Agency to lead an interagency study of the environmental impact of crypto mining.
• Crypto miners countered the criticism of fossil fuel use in an Oktobrsko poročilo published by lobby group Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) that said the miners had an estimated 59.4% sustainable energy mix in the third quarter of this year, up from the first quarter’s 58.4%.
• In May, the BMC je dejal v pismu, signed by MicroStrategy Chairman Michael Saylor, that data centers with miners are “no different” than the ones hosted or operated by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft.

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