The U.S. Congress has completed a meeting in which members discussed how they can make the process of bitcoin mining greener. The situation is a bit of a two-sided coin in that they want to ensure renewable energy is available to this growing industry as they acknowledge it’s not likely to go anywhere soon.
Kongre Neden Kripto Madenciliğine Dahil Oluyor?
The meeting took place amongst members of the House Energy and Commerce Committee. The U.S. has become a major crypto mining haven over the past several months given that China shocked the world over the summer when it announced that it would be ceasing all crypto mining projects as a way of becoming more carbon neutral. As a result, many people in China that ran bitcoin and crypto mining rigs were forced to find new places to house their operations, and regions in the U.S. such as Texas and Kentucky became very attractive.
Colorado'dan bir demokrat olan Diana Degette, bir röportajda şunları söyledi:
Günlük yaşamdaki kripto para birimi varlığı muhtemelen genişlemeye devam edecek. Endüstri ilerledikçe, kripto para ağlarının sürekli yüksek hacimli enerji kullanımı ihtiyacını azaltmanın ve çevre üzerindeki etkileri en aza indirmenin yollarını belirlemesi çok önemlidir.
It’s odd to see the U.S. Congress take such an interest in crypto mining as of late given that the institution has done nothing over the past few months but allegedly try and hinder what is becoming a huge financial industry. One case of trying to hinder crypto arguably came in the form of last summer’s infrastructure bill which included verbiage that placed harsh tax restrictions tüccarlar üzerinde.
Degette, Kongre'nin dahil olmasının en büyük nedenlerinden birinin, kripto madenciliği adına dönüştürülen çok fazla eski elektrik santrali görmeleri olduğunu söylüyor. Bu santrallerin uzun zaman önce hizmet dışı bırakılması gerekiyordu ve bu nedenle ülke atmosferine potansiyel tehlikeler sunuyorlar. Açıklamasına devam ederek şunları söyledi:
Mevcut iklim hedeflerimiz göz önüne alındığında, bunun gibi örnekler son derece endişe vericidir. Artık odak noktamız, genel olarak karbon emisyonlarını azaltmak ve yeşil enerjinin şebekedeki payını artırmak olmalıdır.
Yıllar Boyunca Bir Çok Flak…
Crypto mining has taken a rather bad rap from environmentalists over the past two years and even larger industry heads such as Elon Musk. As the CEO of Tesla, Musk geçen yılın başlarında duyuruldu that buyers could purchase electric vehicles with bitcoin, though this decision was rescinded just a few weeks later when he stated that he had concerns about the mining process, and he didn’t feel miners were being careful with their energy reserves.
Kevin O’Leary of “Shark Tank” fame also said he wouldn’t be buying any more BTC mined in China given that the nation was not known for its environmentally friendly extraction methods.
