China’s ban on Bitcoin (BTC) mining has even affected the environment. Since the onslaught against the industry, the processing of the network has increased carbon emissions, as miners have had to resort to energy sources generated by fossil fuels, leaving behind the renewable energies that they used to use in Chinese territory. So claims a report00086-1?_returnURL=https%3A%2F%2Flinkinghub.elsevier.com%2Fretrieve%2Fpii%2FS2542435122000861%3Fshowall%3Dtrue) published in the specialized magazine Joule, which highlights that mining has become “dirtier” after the Chinese ban. In figures, the generation of renewable energy used for the processing of the blockchain it fell to 25% in August 2021, from 42% reported in 2020. According…