Research Article

[Retracted] Mining Cryptocurrency-Based Security Using Renewable Energy as Source

Table 1

Annual energy consumption of top 3 cryptocurrencies [30].

CryptocurrencyAlgorithmEnergy consumption (TWh)Carbon footprint (Mt CO2)

BitcoinSHA-256204.5097.14
EthereumEthash109.3351.93
DogecoinScrypt6.423.05