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Ripple's Garlinghouse disses Bitcoin's energy use in advance of Biden administration
9.11.2020
With Joe Biden being declared the next President of the United States, Ripple CEO Brad Garlinghouse is making sure his company’s messaging aligns with the new administration
Crypto mining is now drawing in the world’s top renewables producers
5.11.2020
At what point will greening crypto energy consumption be enough?
IOTA joins Japanese gov’t on blockchain-based maintenance project
27.10.2020
The IOTA blockchain finds a use case in industrial maintenance
$250 Trillion in Assets Looking for Ideal Store of Value: A Bull Case for Bitcoin
26.10.2020
The CEO of Nasdaq-listed billion-dollar company Microstrategy has made a strong bull case for bitcoin. He says there is a $250 trillion ocean of assets looking for the ideal store a value right now and bitcoin is a better store of value than gold or tech stocks, so “a lot of that monetary...
Siemens-backed blockchain energy platform showcases in Germany
22.10.2020
The German state-funded energy project uses DLT to enable transparent market transactions
Germany’s blockchain solution hopes to remedy energy sector limitations
16.10.2020
Germany’s blockchain solution for distributed energy resources puts interoperability to the test
Bitcoin Miner Marathon Agrees to Deal That Cuts Electricity Costs by 38% With US Power Company
15.10.2020
Nasdaq-listed Marathon Patent Group has agreed to a joint venture deal with U.S. independent power producer Beowulf Energy to deliver cheap electricity for its bitcoin mining operations in the country’s north. In a statement on Tuesday, Marathon said that it will co-locate a bitcoin mining...
Germany looks to blockchain to help decentralize their energy economy
13.10.2020
The country seeks to innovate with help from a variety of Blockchain companies
Port of Rotterdam testing blockchain and AI for renewables trading
6.10.2020
The Port of Rotterdam's Innovation Dock has been testing a high frequency decentralized energy market for renewables since August 2020
Abkhazia Lifts Two-Year Ban on Bitcoin Mining, Moves to Regulate the Sector
3.10.2020
Abkhazia, the self-governing but disputed territory of just 245,000 people sandwiched between Russia and Georgia, has lifted its two-year ban on cryptocurrency mining. The ban came into effect in December 2018 after a surge in mining activity left the region facing an energy crisis. Now,...
Report: 76% crypto miners use renewables as part of their energy mix
1.10.2020
The use of renewable energy for cryptocurrency mining has seen considerable growth, according to a new report
Energy Web Is Starting With Ripple in Its Bid to Make Crypto Provably Green
30.9.2020
The non-profit is teaming up with Ripple and the XRP Foundation to show how blockchain ecosystems can be carbon-neutral
Kadena Looks to Capture DeFi Energy With New Decentralized Exchange
29.9.2020
Kadenaswap, the hybrid blockchain protocol's coming DEX, will begin rollout later this year
Venezuela Passes Law Legalizing Crypto Mining, Forces Miners to Join National Mining Pool
24.9.2020
Reports say Venezuela has now legalized bitcoin mining following the decree recently issued by the National Superintendency of Crypto Assets and Related Activities (Sunacrip). As part of the new regulations, all entities and individuals interested in legally mining bitcoin and other...
Marty Bent on Why Bitcoin and Big Energy Are Unlikely Allies
22.9.2020
Bitcoin mining can help big energy companies produce more efficiently, increasing American energy independence in the process
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...
Publicly Listed Energy Firm Equinor Exploits Gas Flaring in North Dakota to Mine Bitcoin
21.9.2020
Just recently, the firm Arcane Research recently revealed a number of screenshots from the publicly traded energy firm, Equinor. The pictures show the multinational company leveraging natural gas flaring to power bitcoin mining operations. In recent years, using the unorthodox gas flaring scheme...
Abkhazia government blames illegal crypto mining for energy crisis
18.9.2020
It is already illegal to mine crypto within the de facto state
Timers’ Ongoing IPM Presale Will Help Tackle Challenges of the Next Industrial Revolution
18.9.2020
For the first time in history, a human’s intrinsic ‘time value’ is being used as a currency for trading, as IPM is the energy and very essence of all value creation. Participants will benefit from up to 60% discount until 28th September 2020 18th September, 2020, Nicosia, CY...
How the Bitcoin Blockchain Is Being Used to Safeguard Nuclear Power Stations
1.9.2020
Buenos Aires-based Nuclearis is using the Bitcoin-powered RSK blockchain as an immutable anchor for keeping tabs on critical documents