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Blockchain seeks a role in fighting climate change

Behind the Money

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Can You Create Carbon Credits?

Carbon credits are proof that you've given money to people who are taking carbon out of the atmosphere and taking steps to offset your pollution. But sometimes it's hard to track where these carbon credits come from. This is where crypto companies think the block chain might answer this problem. A block chain is a distributed, diital ledger that keeps a secure record which can't be changed,. And it's what crypto currencies like bit coin are based on they use block chain technology to record transactions.

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