Майнинг криптовалют: вопросы антропогенного воздействия на экологию

Abstract

The modern period of the functioning of economic systems is associated with the rapid development of the cryptocurrency market. To ensure the existence of this market, constant mining of crypto-currencies (mining) is necessary, associated with the consumption of a large amount of energy resources. In addition to this fact, cryptocurrency mining poses a number of serious threats to the ecology of the planet (the use of rare earth metals for the production of equipment, the formation of electronic waste at the end of the life cycle of equipment, etc.). These aspects require scientific understanding and the promotion of applied ways to eliminate the identified threats to the environment.