The researchers found the energy emissions for Bitcoin mining had grown 126 times from 0.9 tonnes of emissions per coin in 2016, to 113 tonnes per coin in 2021
« Bitcoin enthusiasts might watch the video and see dreams of prospective crypto wealth crushed to bits, while anti-mining advocates are likely to see Bitcoin’s ecological impact being slightly curtailed amidst all of that e-waste »
The first fun thing is that it targets Bitcoin mining rigs, the second and funnier thing is that the ransom message actually requests the impacted operator to infect 1,000 other devices 🤣
« "Norway can not continue to provide huge tax incentives for the most dirty form of cryptographic output like bitcoin" Norwegian parliamentary representative Lars Haltbrekken said in the report »