1st Edition
Energy Use in Bitcoin Mining The Environmental Impact of Cryptocurrencies
1. What is Bitcoin and How is it Mined? 2. A Feature and Not a Bug: Bitcoin Mining’s Energy Use Problem 3. Bitcoin’s Climate Emissions and Damages 4. Bitcoin’s PM2.5 Air Pollution Damages 5. How Does Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint Compare to Other Things? 6. Bitcoin Mining’s Additional Environmental Impacts 7. Can Bitcoin Be Made Green? 8. Bitcoin Mining Regulation and its Discontents
Biography
Benjamin A. Jones is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, USA. He is an environmental economist who researches the economic impacts of pollution and pollution exposure, especially as it relates to human health and well-being.
Andrew L. Goodkind is Associate Professor of Economics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, USA. He is an environmental economist specializing in modeling air pollution and its human health effects.
Robert P. Berrens is Regents Professor of Economics at the University of New Mexico in Albuquerque, NM, USA. He is an environmental economist with interests in environmental policy, climate change adaptation, non-market valuation, water resources management, and institutional issues.
