{"id":128682,"date":"2021-06-13T18:30:13","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T18:30:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/?p=128682"},"modified":"2021-06-13T18:30:13","modified_gmt":"2021-06-13T18:30:13","slug":"nugenesis-proposes-a-carbon-offset-solution-through-multi-treasury-bitcoin-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/precoinnews.com\/crypto\/nugenesis-proposes-a-carbon-offset-solution-through-multi-treasury-bitcoin-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Nugenesis Proposes a Carbon Offset Solution, Through Multi Treasury Bitcoin Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"

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How much energy does an industry deserve to consume? Right now, organizations around the world are facing pressure to limit the consumption of non-renewable energy sources and the emission of carbon into the atmosphere. But figuring out how much consumption is too much is a complex question that\u2019s intertwined with debates around our priorities as a society. The calculation of which goods and services are \u201cworth\u201d spending these resources on, after all, is really a question of values. As cryptocurrencies and Bitcoin in particular, have grown in prominence, energy use has become the latest flashpoint in the larger conversation about what, and who digital currencies are really good for.<\/strong><\/p>\n

First, there\u2019s an important distinction between how much energy a system consumes and how much carbon it emits. While determining energy consumption is relatively straightforward, you cannot extrapolate the associated carbon emissions without knowing the precise\u00a0<\/span>energy mix<\/span><\/i>\u00a0\u2014 that is, the makeup of different energy sources used by the computers mining Bitcoin. For example, one unit of hydro energy will have much less environmental impact than the same unit of coal-powered energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Bitcoin\u2019s energy consumption is relatively easy to estimate: You can just look at its hashrate (i.e., the total combined computational power used to mine Bitcoin and process transactions), and then make some educated guesses as to the energy requirements of the hardware that miners are using. But its carbon emissions are much\u00a0<\/span>harder to ascertain<\/span>. Mining is an intensely competitive business, and miners tend not to be particularly forthcoming around the details of their operations. The\u00a0<\/span>best estimates<\/span>\u00a0of energy production geolocation (from which an energy mix can be inferred) come from the CCAF, which has worked with major mining pools to put together an anonymized dataset of miner locations.<\/span><\/p>\n

As a result, estimates for what percentage of Bitcoin mining uses renewable energy vary widely. In December 2019,\u00a0<\/span>one report<\/span>\u00a0suggested that 73% of Bitcoin\u2019s energy consumption was carbon neutral, largely due to the abundance of hydro power in major mining hubs such as Southwest China and Scandinavia. On the other hand, the CCAF\u00a0<\/span>estimated<\/span>\u00a0in September 2020 that the figure is closer to 39%. But even if the lower number is correct, that\u2019s still almost\u00a0<\/span>twice as much<\/span>\u00a0as the U.S. grid, suggesting that looking at energy consumption alone is hardly a reliable method for determining Bitcoin\u2019s carbon emissions.<\/span><\/p>\n

It is estimated that bitcoin generate<\/span>s <\/span>between 22 and 22.9 million metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions a year, or between the levels produced by Jordan and Sri Lanka, a 2019 study in scientific journal Joule found.<\/span><\/p>\n

There are growing attempts in the cryptocurrency industry to mitigate the environmental harm of mining and the entrance of big corporations into the crypto market could boost incentives to produce “green bitcoin” using renewable energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

Some sustainability experts say that companies could buy carbon credits to compensate for the impact. While the lead development team at Nu<\/span>G<\/span>enesis believe rather than buying credit offsets, the crypto space should lead in self sustenance through innovation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

CEO Hussein Faraj\u00a0 \u201cThe crypto space, is a space of innovation, Why pay for someone\u2019s carbon offset and gain credit, when, we can work on major solutions, including soil rejuvenation, soil micro biology and Carbon extraction. Our team has been working with Healthy Soil Australia and Regenerate Earth since as early as 2018, on solving major deficits for various countries, including prime reforestation projects and soil management. As well as remote monitoring and measuring the results through technology available to our strategic partners through Piesat \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n

The team of NuGenesis proposes the launch, of an Offset Carbon credit Bitcoin System, which they have developed working with Bitcoin Dev Teams.\u00a0 NuGenesis Will launch the platform within 4 -8 weeks designed to be a greener bitcoin fork with the purpose of resolving the proposed issues of carbon offsets. Delivering two stages of the solution.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n