# Why crypto’s eco-friendly pivot is perpetually delayed

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/why-cryptos-eco-friendly-pivot-is-perpetually-delayed-3/
- Published: 2022-04-30T09:30:00-05:00
- Author: Curated by Theresa Wysocki

Image credit: Taylor Frint / Digital Trends. Article by Meira Gebel. Digital Trends – April 22, 2022. Cryptocurrency’s ecological woes are no secret. As NFTs (non-fungible tokens) exploded in early 2021, so did the conversation about how much energy goes into a single transaction on the blockchain. There’s no shortage of examples illustrating the blockchain’s enormous energy consumption either: A single transaction on Bitcoin’s network consumes as much energy as a U.S. household for two and a half months, and the annual existence of Ethereum has a comparable carbon footprint to the entire country of Libya. […] Click here to view original web page at www.digitaltrends.com