Vitalik: The environmental cost of avoiding excessive geographical concentration in the crypto space is acceptable, and better than the negative impacts of mining.

On July 6th, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin responded to a user's view on collective carbon footprint. The user pointed out, "Industry insiders may frequently fly around the world to attend multiple events, but this behavior is not the actual goal of solving problems, but for business or spending time with friends." Vitalik responded, "To avoid over-concentration of Cryptocurrency in one geographic area, sacrificing the environment is acceptable, and this trade-off ratio is higher than the negative impact of mining." [深潮 TechFlow]