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Riot Showcases Demand Response Strategy: Bitcoin Mining’s Role in Strengthening Texas Energy Grid
7.9.2023
Bitcoin mining aided the Electric Reliability Council of Texas, or ERCOT, when the bitcoin mining company Riot Platforms reduced its power usage amid a Texas summer heatwave. Riot said in its most recent production and operations update that it received $31.7 million in power and demand response...
Russia Expects Sizable Increase in Crypto Miners’ Share of Power Usage
8.12.2022
The crypto mining industry may see a two-fold increase in its share of Russia’s power consumption in 2022, according to a high-ranking official from the Ministry of Energy. The department supports a bill designed to regulate the sector which is likely to be adopted this year. Russian Energy...
Moldova Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Amid Energy Crisis Caused by War in Ukraine
28.10.2022
The government of Moldova has decided to suspend crypto mining activities in the country as it’s facing a major energy crisis. The move is part of emergency measures to reduce power consumption with energy supplies dwindling due to the escalating conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Authorities...
EU to Target Crypto Miners’ Power Usage as Union Relies Less on Russian Energy
19.10.2022
Authorities in Brussels are taking steps to reduce power consumption, including in cryptocurrency mining, as the EU faces limited energy supplies from Russia, the reliance on which it has been trying to lower. New energy efficiency labeling is to address the growing electricity usage in the crypto...
Thinking About Power Usage and Websites
22.9.2020
Gerry McGovern asked if I had any insight into energy consumption and websites. He has a book, after all, about the digital costs on the planet. He was wondering about the specifics of web tech, like…
If you do this in HTML it will consume 3× energy but if you do it in JavaScript it will...
Altcoins Account for One Third of Total Crypto Mining Power Usage
7.8.2020
An analysis of the 20 largest crypto assets by market cap determined that Bitcoin mining accounted for only 66% of total power consumption
How Web Content Can Affect Power Usage
18.9.2019
Because we know that all people with battery-powered devices are constantly concerned about their battery levels, and that websites are significant consumers of that battery power, we should probably think about this stuff a lot more than we do.
I'd expect the browser itself to be our main ally...
WDRL — Edition 273: Elegant Simplification, Power Usage of Web Content, and Native JavaScript Modules.
30.8.2019
Hey,
how can we build better web experiences? There are likely more things about it than I could list in this short introduction paragraph but here are a few examples from this week’s reading list. First, we can build simpler interfaces, not add new elements or new features and to ensure this,...
Police Bust Chinese Bitcoin Mining Farm After Surge in Power Usage
14.7.2019
Police confiscated over 4,000 mining devices in a 20 person bust