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<table>
    <tbody>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><strong><span>Author</span></strong></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><strong><span>Publication date</span></strong></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><strong><span>Title</span></strong></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><strong><span>Estimate (TWh)</span></strong></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Digiconomist</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>Live estimate</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://digiconomist.net/bitcoin-energy-consumption"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Bitcoin Energy Consumption
                            Index</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right">{insert API}</p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>CoinMetrics</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>June 2023</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a

                        href="https://coinmetrics.io/special-insights/bitcoin-nonce-analysis/#:~:text=The%20Signal%20%26%20The%20Nonce%20This%20paper%20introduces,patterns%20and%20incorporating%20data%20sourced%20from%20real-world%20ASICs."

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Signal &amp; The
                            Nonce</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>117.4</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>De Vries, A., Gallersdorfer, U., Klaaßen, L. and
                        Stoll, C.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>February 2022</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2542435122000861"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Revisiting Bitcoin's carbon
                            footprint</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>117.3</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>CoinShares</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>January 2022</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://coinshares.com/research/bitcoin-mining-network-2022"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Bitcoin Mining
                            Network</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>89.0</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Sandner, P., Lichti, C., Richter, R., Heidt, C. and
                        Schaub, B.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>August 2021</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a

                        href="https://philippsandner.medium.com/study-the-carbon-emissions-of-bitcoin-from-an-investor-perspective-4c90707474b8"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Carbon Emissions of
                            Bitcoin From an Investor Perspective</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>90.9</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Köhler, S. and Pizzol, M.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>November 2019</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.est.9b05687"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Life Cycle Assessment of
                            Bitcoin Mining</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>31.3</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Stoll, C., Klaaßen, L. and Gallersdorfer, U.</span>
                </p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>June 2019</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://www.cell.com/action/showPdf?pii=S2542-4351%2819%2930255-7"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The Carbon
                            Footprint of Bitcoin</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>48.5</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span style="font-size: 16px">Zade, M., Myklebost, J., Tzscheutschler, P. and
                        Wagner, U.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>March 2019</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fenrg.2019.00021/full"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Is Bitcoin
                            the Only Problem? A Scenario Model for the Power Demand of Blockchains</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>33.7</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Krause, M.J. and Tolaymat, T.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>November 2018</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://www.nature.com/articles/s41893-018-0152-7.pdf" target="_blank"

                        rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Quantification of energy and
                            carbon costs for mining cryptocurrencies</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>30.1</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>McCook, H.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>August 2018</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a

                        href="https://www.academia.edu/37178295/The_Cost_and_Sustainability_of_Bitcoin_August_2018_"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>The cost
                            &amp; sustainability of Bitcoin</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>105.0</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>De Vries, A.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>May 2018</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a

                        href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/325188032_Bitcoin's_Growing_Energy_Problem"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Bitcoin's
                            Growing Energy Problem</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>22.4 to 67.2</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Vranken, H.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>October 2017</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1877343517300015"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span

                           >Sustainability of bitcoin and blockchains</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>0.9 to 4.4</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Bevand, M.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>February 2017</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="http://blog.zorinaq.com/bitcoin-electricity-consumption/#fnref:refD:1"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Electricity
                            consumption of Bitcoin: a market-based and technical analysis</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>4.1 to 4.7</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>Hayes, A.S.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>March 2015</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="http://www.economicpolicyresearch.org/econ/2015/NSSR_WP_052015.pdf"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>A Cost
                            Production Model for Bitcoin</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>&nbsp;</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
        <tr>
            <td>
                <p><span>O'Dwyer, K.L. and Malone, D.</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><span>September 2014</span></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p><a href="http://karlodwyer.com/publications/pdf/bitcoin_KJOD_2014.pdf"

                        target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow"><span>Bitcoin
                            Mining and its Energy Footprint</span></a></p>
            </td>
            <td>
                <p class="text-right"><span>0.9 to 87.6</span></p>
            </td>
        </tr>
    </tbody>
</table>