In the grand scheme of things (context being the carbon footprint of humanity) it is insignificant, just like Denmark's carbon footprint is.
Let's optimize the real stuff, not some trivialities (like the Christmas lights in the USA pointed out as a reply).
There's 24/7 AC in USA and China in the masses. There's Brazilian and Argentinian agriculture removing rainforests to grow food for the USA or EU that grows cattle. (EU takes unbelievable amounts of rainforest grain/legumes to feed its livestock, an absolute travesty and hipocrisy)
The footprint of these developments is insanely large, yet somehow coin mining is an issue.
We could then jump to optimize the Internet infrastructure too, despite being 1-2% of CO2 equivalent footprint.
Yes, I understand coin mining seems a bit useless but I'm pretty sure heating and cooling is wasted in magnitudes more amounts, being applied in badly designed buildings, or cooling the streets of Las Vegas.
Let's optimize the real stuff, not some trivialities (like the Christmas lights in the USA pointed out as a reply).
There's 24/7 AC in USA and China in the masses. There's Brazilian and Argentinian agriculture removing rainforests to grow food for the USA or EU that grows cattle. (EU takes unbelievable amounts of rainforest grain/legumes to feed its livestock, an absolute travesty and hipocrisy)
The footprint of these developments is insanely large, yet somehow coin mining is an issue.
We could then jump to optimize the Internet infrastructure too, despite being 1-2% of CO2 equivalent footprint.
Yes, I understand coin mining seems a bit useless but I'm pretty sure heating and cooling is wasted in magnitudes more amounts, being applied in badly designed buildings, or cooling the streets of Las Vegas.