Bitcoin is expensive - both for us and for the environment
Chronicle by Gunnar S. Eskeland: Bitcoin is expensive. Is it really (more than) worth it?
The total electricity consumption related to Bitcion is now estimated to be approximately the same as Denmark's. The environmental impact is at a corresponding level, and just as real, Gunnar S. Eskeland writes.
His chronicle Bitcoin koster oss og miljøet dyrt (in Norwegian) was published in Dagens Næringsliv on January 4, 2018.