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Bitcoin Miners Buy Oversupplied Energy, Turn To Renewables - Nic Carter
10.2.2021
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Bitcoin (BTC) mining leaves a climate footprint, but renewable energy accounts for a considerable share of the process, according to Nic Carter, Founding Partner of blockchain-focused venture capital (VC) firm Castle Island Ventures.
“Bitcoin absolutely is...
Bitcoin energy debate resurfaces with calls for ‘green hackers’ to attack network
10.2.2021
“If you’re not a green hacker, and you’re not doing it for the planet, you can also do it for the money: by speculating downward on the price of Bitcoin before launching attacks.”
What Bloomberg Gets Wrong About Bitcoin’s Climate Footprint
8.2.2021
The outlet compared Bitcoin and Visa's energy use, reaching several highly misleading conclusions, our columnist says
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5.2.2021
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Surge in Bitcoin energy consumption sparks debate in crypto community
5.2.2021
Bitcoin energy consumption has been at its highest historical levels since late 2020, according to Digiconomist’s Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index
Ukraine to Set up a Large-Scale Crypto Mining Data Center in a Nuclear Power Plant
30.1.2021
Ukraine’s government-owned nuclear power plant picked a firm to build a massive data center in Rivne for cryptocurrency mining operations. After a bidding process, Energoatom chose Kyiv Energy Construction Company to handle the nuclear plant crypto mining project. Nuclear Power Plant Operator...
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26.1.2021
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Marathon Patent Group Buys $150 Million Worth of Bitcoin as a Reserve Asset
26.1.2021
Marathon Patent Group announced Monday that it bought 4,813 bitcoins in a deal worth $150 million. The firm joins the growing list of publicly listed companies holding bitcoin in their treasuries. Merrick Okamoto, chairman and chief executive officer of Marathon, said the Nasdaq firm is buying...
Is Bitcoin a waste of energy? Pros and cons about Bitcoin mining
24.1.2021
Do the benefits brought by Bitcoin and the improvement in our standard of living justify this additional use of energy?
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22.1.2021
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22.1.2021
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Bitcoin Energy Consumption Is Far More Efficient and Greener Than Today’s Banking System
20.1.2021
While bitcoin and a variety of digital currencies have swelled in value, a number of critics have spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in regard to the energy consumption proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies leverage to produce new units of currency. Just recently the software engineer Stephen...
Tokyo Tech & Mitsubishi Electric Boost P2P Energy Trading
18.1.2021
Hailing as one of the leading producers of electronics products, Mitsubishi Electric has announced its collaborative blockchain project with the Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech), a research university in Japan working on science and technology. The teams partnered to design...
Crypto Chi: The future (and energy) of money and technology
18.1.2021
Crypto Chi is a combination of financial innovation, libertarian and capitalist ideology, and human empowerment
Mitsubishi and Tokyo Tech create blockchain system for P2P energy trading
18.1.2021
Beginning in April, the electronics giant and university R&D team will evaluate and tweak the new trading system's performance before commercialization
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17.1.2021
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Argentine Billionaire Marcos Galperin Says Bitcoin a ‘Better Store of Value Than Gold’ as Officials Plan to Print More Pesos
15.1.2021
Argentine billionaire and CEO of the e-commerce platform Mercado Libre, Marcos Galperin says bitcoin is a better store of value than gold. However, the billionaire thinks the crypto will not replace fiat currency due to what he terms the high “energy cost required to process...
Russian Oil Giant Provides Excess Gas to Operations Powering Bitcoin Mining Devices
10.1.2021
The firm Gazpromneft, an oil subsidiary of the Russian natural gas and global energy company Gazprom, is giving bitcoin mining operations the chance to power operations by using excess gas for electricity. The Russian firm has allowed a small mining operation to benefit from the excess gas...
Russian Oil Drilling Giant Opens a Crypto Mining Farm Run on Gas Energy
30.12.2020
A unit of oil and gas giant Gazprom has opened a mining venue on an oil drilling site using gas produced as a byproduct to produce electricity