A closer look
Once hailed as futuristic gold, crypto is now weighed on an unexpected scale: energy consumption. Mining a single coin can guzzle electricity like a small town, and the humming server farms radiate heat into a world already warming. Profits remain, but the conversation has soared beyond wallets. Farmers, scientists, and activists now join the debate, asking whether digital money is worth the forests felled or the harder summers endured. What began as a financial thrill ride has become a mirror reflecting our tangled priorities as a planet.
