#  Environmental Concerns and NFTs



By [pissok](https://paragraph.com/@pissok) · 2023-07-21

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Despite their popularity, NFTs have faced criticism for their environmental impact. The majority of NFTs are currently built on energy-intensive blockchains like Ethereum, which require significant computational power to process transactions. This high energy consumption has raised concerns about the carbon footprint of NFTs and their potential contribution to climate change. In response, some projects and platforms have started exploring more eco-friendly blockchain alternatives to mitigate these environmental concerns.

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*Originally published on [pissok](https://paragraph.com/@pissok/environmental-concerns-and-nfts)*