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Bonus: Nic Carter Article on WH Report on Bitcoin Mining Climate Impact

Coin Stories with Natalie Brunell

CHAPTER

The White House Report on Proof of Stake Blockchains

The report cites the 2022 revisiting Bitcoin's carbon footprint, featuring DeVries and each of GKS. The CCRI report referenced in the OSTP paper was actually commissioned by the Proof of Stake Blockchain Avalanche. Commissioning reports from the likes of GKS to greenwash Avalanche is part of the normal playbook for proof of stake blockchains. It is remarkable that the White House would cite such a clearly conflicted report, though.

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