Bitcoin Mining and Green Energy: Why 2025 Marks a Before and After
For years, the 'pollution' of Bitcoin was the main argument of its detractors: farms filled with ASICs devoured electricity and, according to alarmist headlines, 'consumed more than entire countries.' Two years later, the data tells a different story.
Studies from the Bitcoin Mining Council and the University of Cambridge estimate that, by 2025, more than 60% of the energy used to mine BTC will come from renewable sources, nearly double that of 2021.
What changed and what does it mean for Latin America?