The Environmental Impact of Small-scale Crypto Mining

How bad is personal GPU mining with NiceHash?

Christian Behler
Climate Conscious
Published in
5 min readMay 12, 2021

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One of the biggest negative aspects of Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies is their environmental impact. To progress and update the blockchain, most coins use mining, which requires massive amounts of computing power and energy.

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Christian Behler
Climate Conscious

M. Sc. Computer Science and Physics, Indie Game/Software/Web Developer, Writer, 3D Artist, and too many other interests. https://pingpoli.medium.com/membership