id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt www-nature-com-63 Shangrong Jiang Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China 2021-03-23 10 .pdf application/pdf 8557 678 51 The growing energy consumption and associated carbon emission of Bitcoin mining could emission model, we find that without any policy interventions, the annual energy consumption of the Bitcoin blockchain in China is expected to peak in 2024 at 296.59 Twh and Bitcoin blockchain carbon emission model (BBCE) to assess the carbon emission flows of the Bitcoin network operation in China Note: Exogenous auxiliary parameters are introduced to assess the carbon emission flows under different Bitcoin policy measures. Estimated annualized energy consumption (a) and carbon emission flows (b) of Bitcoin operation the annual energy consumption and carbon emission flows of Chinese Bitcoin industry in benchmark, site regulation, market access, and carbon tax Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China Policy assessments for the carbon emission flows and sustainability of Bitcoin blockchain operation in China ./cache/www-nature-com-63.pdf ./txt/www-nature-com-63.txt