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blog-dshr-org-5180		DSHR's Blog: Cryptocurrency's Carbon Footprint			.html	text/html	3388	403	80	Going forward however, miners' primary revenue source will change from block rewards to the fees paid for the processing of transactions, which don't per se cause high carbon emissions. Bitcoin is set to become be a purely fee-based system (which may pose a risk to the security of the system itself if the overall hash rate declines, but that's a topic for another article because a blockchain that is fully reliant on fees requires that BTCs are transacted with rather than held in Michael Saylor-style as HODLing leads to low BTC velocity, which does not contribute to security in a setup where fees are the only rewards for miners.) If fees stay the same, security stays the same, blocksize must increase to allow for enough transactions so that their fees cover the cost of enough hash power to deter a 51% attack.	./cache/blog-dshr-org-5180.html	./txt/blog-dshr-org-5180.txt