Environmental Implications of Cryptocurrency Energy Consumption

Kumar, Shubham, Mittal, Shashank ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8666-5323 and Panwar, Mansi (2026) Environmental Implications of Cryptocurrency Energy Consumption. In: The Strategic Role of Green FinTech in Climate Mitigation and Adaptation. IGI Global Scientific Publishing , Hershey. pp. 185-208. ISBN 9798337397474 Available at: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-9745-0.ch008

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Abstract

Cryptocurrencies have also seen their development within the last decade becoming a globally popular financial phenomenon that once existed as a niche technological experiment. What started with the launch of the bitcoin in 2009 has grown into a massive ecosystem of digital assets, decentralized applications and blockchain-based financial services (Zribi et al., 2023). These inventions have been a paradigm shift in the conventional concept of money, trust and the financial intermediation. Cryptocurrencies have provided new avenues in financial inclusion, especially in areas whose banking systems are poorly developed, due to the ability to conduct peer-to-peer transactions that do not require centralized institutions, like banks or governments (Sapra & Shaikh, 203).

Item Type: Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords: Banking systems | Block-chain | Decentralised | Digital assets | Energy-consumption | Environmental implications | Financial inclusions | Financial service | Paradigm shifts | Peer to peer
Subjects: Physical, Life and Health Sciences > Environmental Science, Policy and Law
Depositing User: Mr. Syed Anas Ali
Date Deposited: 09 Sep 2026 11:56
Last Modified: 09 Sep 2026 11:56
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.4018/979-8-3373-9745-0.ch008
URI: https://pure.jgu.edu.in/id/eprint/12510

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