Bitcoin's growing enviornmental problems, every bitcoin payment 'uses a swimming pool of water'
Edited By WION Video Desk
Published: Nov 30, 2023, 24:05 IST | Updated: Nov 30, 2023, 24:05 IST
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Every Bitcoin transaction uses on average almost the same amount of water that is needed to fill a backyard swimming pool and that's the conclusion of a study conducted by the University of Amsterdam which indicates the amount of resources wasted in Bitcoin processes.
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