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Publication Date
Winter 1-1-2017
Keywords
artists' books, bitcoin, energy consumption, global warming, student artists' book contest, fourth
Disciplines
Book and Paper
Student Status
Undergraduate student
Year of Graduation
2021
Major
Experimental and Foundation Studies
Faculty / Course
Martie Holmer, Design
Materials + Techniques
Wood, paper, and metal hinges
Student Narrative
An immensely overlooked aspect of bitcoin, the energy consumption that goes into mining bitcoin accounts for 0.13% of all the world's electricity. If bitcoin's energy consumption keeps increasing at the rate at which it is right now, by February 2021, bitcoin will use all of the worlds energy. This piece illustrates the basics of bitcoin and how it works and looks at its effects on global warming and energy consumption. Hopefully the book can inform more people about this relatively unknown problem that's growing at an astronomical rate in tandem with the value of bitcoin.
Photo Credit
Mariah Bennett, MDes Interior Architecture, 2018
Recommended Citation
Shah, Arjun; Library, Fleet; and Collections, Special, "Bitcoin: The Goldrush of the 21st Century" (2017). 4th Student Artists' Book Contest 2018. 28.
https://digitalcommons.risd.edu/specialcollections_bookcontest4th2018/28