Solana Foundation demonstrated the environmental friendliness of SOL

On Friday, the Solana Foundation published an emissions dashboard to track the carbon footprint created by the thousands of servers that power the Solana blockchain.

In the 12 months to April 1, 2023, Solana servers created 10,651 metric tons of carbon dioxide, according to the dashboard, which was built using the Carbonara carbon footprint calculator. This is roughly equivalent to just eight airplane flights from London to New York.

There is gradually growing pressure on the crypto industry to take more responsibility for the growth of blockchain-related emissions in the climate crisis. In particular, the Bitcoin blockchain has been widely criticized by environmentalists due to the amount of energy required to mine the cryptocurrency, and the Ethereum blockchain’s move to a proof-of-stake network was partly motivated by a desire to create a more energy-efficient system.
Decentralized blockchains rely on massive networks of servers scattered around the world — they require large amounts of electricity and therefore carbon emissions to operate.

While most cryptocurrency critics focus on BTC because its proof-of-work mining system is by far the most energy-intensive process among the major blockchains, smaller networks like Solana are still committed to providing transparency reports as politicians are already considering banning some cryptocurrencies due to their environmental impact.