Good bye methane, welcome BTC
Just recently, Rudd et al.'s (2024) published a journal stating that treated methane from landfills can be used for Bitcoin mining. Methane is one of the landfill products which is 28 times more dangerous to the atmosphere compared to carbon dioxide. However, treating landfill gas (LFG), such as methane, to produce renewable natural gas and electricity can be used for Bitcoin mining or any data center and grid consumer. This process will prevent it from being wasted and becoming a toxic threat to landfills, aside from flaring the methane.
The research results showed that Bitcoin mining is one of the economical products from the use of methane waste, which provides a new income source from generating new Bitcoin blocks where the BTC that was obtained can be sold to the crypto market. This innovative approach aligns economic incentives with environmental goals that will encourage private-sector participation in methane mitigation efforts and shifting from traditional regulation-driven approaches.
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