NFT Carbon Footprint Calculator: Comparison of NFT Carbon Emissions (2024)

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³⁴NFT Blockchain by Tumisu, Crypto Miner by fszlai. Pixabay. Retrieved from <https://pixabay.com/>

³⁵BoredApe NFT by Niranjan _ Photographs, Blockchain Technology by Hitesh Choudhary, Ethereum NFT by Kanchanara, NFT Logo by Mo. Unsplash. Retrieved from <https://unsplash.com/>