The idea that blockchain is inherently green because it’s "digital" is pure theater. I’ve seen solar-powered crypto mines advertised like they fix the math — but energy laundering through voluntary RECs doesn’t reduce strain on grids during heatwaves. Proof-of-work doesn’t care if your node is next to a wind farm; it burns power at the margin, and that margin is still coal in too many places. If you’re measuring your project’s footprint in "blocks secured" instead of megawatt-hours and transmission bottlenecks, you’re ignoring the physical world. That’s not innovation. It’s just another layer of abstraction between us and the consequences. We don’t need cleaner blockchains. We need fewer of them.
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