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BTC Miner Stresses: ‘Bitcoin is One of the Most Environment-Friendly Financial Networks’
15.3.2021
While bitcoin has been gathering widespread attention with prices touching all-time highs, mainstream pundits have tried to attack the leading crypto asset for its energy consumption. It seems a new ‘bitcoin is bad for the environment’ editorial is published nearly every week...
US House Representative Ro Khanna Lauds BTC Which ‘Cannot Be Devalued’- Calls for Less Carbon Intensive Mining
7.3.2021
After Elizabeth Warren, the U.S. Senator for Massachusetts called bitcoin a speculative asset, Ro Khanna, the U.S. House Representative for California has spoken in favor of the crypto asset. In his Twitter statement, Khanna says “bitcoin just like digital gold cannot be devalued.”...
Energy Web Token (EWT) rallies 50% shortly after listing on Kraken
3.3.2021
Plans to introduce staking and the recent listing on Kraken pushed Energy Web Token’s trading volume and price to a new all-time high
Kentucky to provide tax breaks for local crypto miners
3.3.2021
Kentucky needs to attract more crypto mining businesses by offering tax breaks, local lawmakers believe
China’s Inner Mongolia Plans to Shut Down Bitcoin Mining Operations by April This Year
2.3.2021
Inner Mongolia, an autonomous region in northern China, is planning to shut down all cryptocurrency mining activities in the area by April 2021, as part of efforts to improve energy efficiency. Regulating the Electrical Consumption in Inner Mongolia The government of Inner Mongolia will also stop...
China’s Inner Mongolia to shut down crypto mining farms by April 2021
1.3.2021
Inner Mongolia drew the ire of Beijing after failing to meet energy efficiency goals
Bitcoin mining likely didn't contribute to Texas' power outages, says expert
23.2.2021
Kristy-Leigh Minehan said the state doesn't currently have enough mining infrastructure to cause significant problems for the power supply
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.”
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
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?
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...
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...
Steve Wozniak-backed token WOZX skyrockets ahead of second listing
9.12.2020
“The Woz” makes a big impression in the crypto space as his newly-launched token WOZX records 26X gains after only five days of trading
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?
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
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...
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...
The Last Word on Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption
19.5.2020
What people fail to consider when they criticize Bitcoin's electricity footprint, according to our columnist
These Myth-Busting Articles Dispel Common Bitcoin Myths
22.12.2019
Recently, a few Bitcoin Cash (BCH) proponents have been writing a series of myth-busting articles that describe Bitcoin technicals generally thought to be true but which are not. The articles posted on the read.cash blog have reviewed topics like 10-minute confirmation times, SPV wallets,...
Green Policy and Crypto Energy Consumption in the EU
21.11.2019
The EU is solarizing its digitized economy without an environmental tax policy — an expert’s take