Is bitcoin ESG‐compliant? A sober look
批判性审视比特币挖矿的环境影响，并探讨其在社会（用户满意度、数据保护、人权）和治理（会计诚信、透明度、薪酬）方面的积极贡献，弥补ESG讨论中忽视S和G的不足。
Abstract Much of the media focus surrounding Bitcoin (BTC) has been on the ‘E’ (environmental) element of the ESG investing approach. Given the amount of electricity consumed by BTC mining, and the resulting large carbon emissions, BTC has faced substantial criticism of its overly negative environmental impact, which is critically reviewed in this article. This one‐sided discussion, however, ignores the ‘S’ (social) and ‘G’ (governance) elements entirely. To remedy that, we explore BTC's positive impact on the ‘S’ (user satisfaction, data protection and privacy, human rights, and criminal activity), and ‘G’ (accounting integrity and transparency, compensation, and principles of good governance) components.