What is the environmental impact of crypto?

8 Mar 2022

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Ruben MerreNGRAVE Co-founder & CEO

What is the environmental impact of crypto?

Lacking an unambiguous answer to crypto's environmental impact, NGRAVE reframes the question to "What is the environmental impact of PoW crypto mining?"; the most energy-intensive consensus mechanism.

  • Article Quick Links:
  • Reframing crypto’s environmental impact
  • Objectively measuring the environmental impact of PoW
  • Analysing the available data on PoW mining energy consumption
  • Accounting for the inefficiency of energy consumption
  • What is a justified source of carbon?
  • Finding a progressive way forward - adversarial collaboration
  • The Crypto Mining Debate - Another Culture War
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NGRAVE Co-founder & CEO
Ruben Merre

Ruben is a repeat tech entrepreneur. His focus is on digital asset security and financial empowerment. He is co-founder and CEO of NGRAVE, the creator of “ZERO” - the world’s most secure hardware wallet for crypto storage. In 2021, he was selected for Belgium’s 40 under 40. Before that, he was a finalist in scale-ups.eu’s Disruptive Innovator of the Year 2020 Award, and nominated in Google/PWC/Trends’ Digital Pioneer 2020.