OK, but before you jump into your coursework please take a bit of time to see how much electricity is required to both "mine" a crypto block, and to execute a transaction, then compare that to the usage in comparable "conventional" electronic banking. Proof of work blockchain algorithms were pretty obviously not designed by someone who considered planet-friendliness important...not only is the energy
footprint vastly out of scale with the benefits it provides, but the pricey parallel GPU mining rigs that go into those massive data centres popping up next to new coal-fired generators in places like Kazakhstan become obsolete within months and go to landfill with all their toxic gick.
Part of being a
permie is being aware of energy and looking for the best ways to apply it to our needs...like using an
RMH to heat a house instead of an expensive gas furnace, or wiring up a small PV rig to power a low-voltage lighting solution for an off-grid cooking shack. Speculation in volatile financial assets is fine for those who want to do it, but consider a nice game of
poker instead.
I'd rather invest in well-built tools, soil fertility, and the community around me.