Greenpeace Blasts Bitcoin, Says Ethereum Merge Proves Crypto ‘Doesn’t Have To Come at the Cost’ of Environment
Bitcoin crypto EthereumPinasabog ng Greenpeace ang Bitcoin, Sabi ng Ethereum Merge na Pinatunayan ng Crypto Hindi Kailangang Dumating sa Gastos ng Kapaligiran09 / 17 / 2022Balita ng Ethereum ng Bitcoin Greenpeace is slamming Bitcoin (BTC) for its energy use following the successful Ethereum (ETH) merge that slashed its carbon emissions by more than 99%. The environmental nonprofit organization plans to lababo $1 million into its “Change the Code, Not the Climate” campaign for a flurry of new online ads to advocate for a change in Bitcoin‘s code with the aim of reducing BTC’s energy-intensive proof-of-work (PoW) model. Says Michael Brune, director of the ad campaign, “With fires raging around the world and historic floods destroying lives and livelihoods, state and federal leaders and corporate executives are racing to decarbonize as quickly as possible. Ethereum has shown its possible to switch to an energy-efficient protocol with far less climate, air and water pollution. Other cryptocurrency protocols have operated on efficient consensus mechanisms for years. Bitcoin has become the outlier, defiantly refusing to accept its climate responsibility.” Greenpeace says the campaign is also aimed at calling the attention of high-profile Bitcoin supporters, including Fidelity Investments and Jack Dorseys Block, to join in the effort of moving away