Question 17949 — means of payment

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Mr. Yves Daniel draws the attention of the Minister of State, Minister for Ecological and Inclusive Transition, to the emergence of environmentally responsible digital technologies. According to Digiconomist's Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index (BECI), each individual bitcoin transaction consumes up to 275 kilowatt-hours of electricity. The latest estimate of the order's total annual energy consumption of bitcoin of 29.05 billion kilowatt-hours per year, the equivalent of 0.13% of the world's total annual energy consumption. If the bitcoin blockchain were a country, it would rank 61st in terms of electricity consumption globally and would exceed, for example, the annual electricity consumption of a country like Ireland. However, many crypto-economy specialists demonstrate that the blockchain of tomorrow could help plan a sustainable world. Indeed, today, we suffer from a lack of information on our own carbon emissions. The blockchain of tomorrow could put an end to siled information, making all data transparent and accessible. It would therefore be much easier to act on our carbon footprint if all the details were known. Solutions already exist for designing a cryptocurrency “ green”, based on proof of space-proof of time security. It would therefore be relevant to question the involvement of public authorities in the development of these green technologies. This is why he would like to know the solutions proposed by the Government regarding the contribution to the emergence of environmentally responsible digital technologies.

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