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Today, it is difficult to find a headline relating to cryptocurrency and the environment that does not contain some reference to the extraordinary energy costs of the two largest blockchains, Bitcoin and Ethereum. This is because Bitcoin and Ethereum account for the vast majority of cryptocurrency transactions.
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