There are huge mathematical calculations that need to be undertaken to release more Bitcoin. There are a finite number and as more are 'mined' the calculations get harder requiring enormous amouts of computing power to solve.
Bitcoin mining and maintenance of the blockchain that supports it requires so much energy that it is probably the least green form of value transfer ever created. Hence I will not be involved. Something like the total energy requirement of Portugal is required to keep Bitcoin going.
Imagine the reduction in CO2 emmissions and other infrastructure demands if Bitcoin did not exist?
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