(Protocol) The White House would like to get to the bottom of this whole “is cryptocurrency going to destroy the climate or not” thing. The Office of Science and Technology Policy announced it’s putting together a report that assesses whether digital assets “impede or advance efforts to tackle climate change” and makes moves toward a “clean and reliable electricity grid.”
The executive branch office released its plan for a report on Friday, and it’s asking the public to weigh in on a number of aspects of digital assets and mining as they relate to the climate. Among them are protocols, hardware and resources. As the U.S. government looks into a crypto framework, it’s only natural that officials would explore the climate concerns that come with it, too.
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