মার্কিন আইন প্রণেতারা বলছেন, ক্রিপ্টো খনির শক্তির তথ্য প্রকাশ করা উচিত

A number of U.S. lawmakers urged the country’s energy and environmental protection authorities to mandate that cryptocurrency miners disclose data on energy use, as seven of the largest mining companies were found to use as much power as all of the homes in Houston.

সম্পর্কিত নিবন্ধটি দেখুন: বিটকয়েন লবিস্ট পরিবেশগত প্রভাব সম্পর্কে 'ভুল ধারণা' খণ্ডন করে

দ্রুত ঘটনা

• একটি ইন letter published Friday, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren and five other lawmakers wrote that the results of their investigation, which collected data from seven miners including Riot, Bitdeer, Stronghold and Marathon, are “disturbing.”
• The seven companies have accumulated over 1,045-megawatt capacities for crypto mining, according to the data cited in the investigation.
• The data revealed that “crypto miners are large energy users that account for a significant — and rapidly growing — amount of carbon emissions,” the lawmakers wrote.
• In May, the industry lobby network Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) said crypto mining centers are “no different” than the facilities hosted or operated by Amazon, Apple, Google, Meta and Microsoft.
• The Bitcoin mining industry employed an estimated 58.4% sustainable energy mix in the first three months of this year, the BMC noted, citing a survey it conducted.
• জুন মাসে, নিউইয়র্ক স্টেট সিনেট বলেছেন it passed a cryptocurrency mining moratorium bill that could block new permits and expansion for proof-of-work mining facilities using carbon-based energy sources.

সম্পর্কিত নিবন্ধটি দেখুন: টেক্সাসে 100-ডিগ্রি-প্লাস আবহাওয়ার মধ্যে বিটকয়েন হ্যাশরেট পাঁচ মাসের মধ্যে সর্বনিম্নে নেমে এসেছে