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How will blockchain technology help fight climate change? Experts answer

5.9.2021
Here’s what experts on emerging tech think about the role of blockchain in achieving more sustainability and lessening the climate crisis

Greenidge Generation will use BTC mining profits to build solar farm

29.7.2021
According to the mining firm, it aims to create high-tech jobs for residents and support local businesses with the solar farm

Elon Musk says Bitcoin may have already hit his benchmark on renewable energy

21.7.2021
"I want to do a little more diligence to confirm that the percentage of renewable energy usage is most likely at or above 50% and that there is a trend towards increasing that number," said the Tesla CEO

New project aims to bring global crypto miners to Russia

16.7.2021
Russian crypto advocates are already collaborating with a consortium including some of China’s largest crypto mining-related companies

Licensed Iranian crypto miners ordered to halt production 'altogether'

6.7.2021
Even Iran's Minister of Labor has reported electrical disruptions to his home as crypto miners continue to exert demand on the country's power grid

Denied electricity, world's 5th-largest mining pool leaves China for Kazakhstan

22.6.2021
Crypto mining pool BTC.com is leaving China after local authorities withdrew its power supply

Cornell Economist Says Bitcoin Has 3 Flaws Driving People to Search for Better Alternatives

20.6.2021
Cornell University professor of economics and former head of the IMF’s China division, Eswar Prasad, sees three major flaws in bitcoin. Because of these flaws, the professor says that “bitcoin really has set off something of a search for a better alternative.” Cornell...

Report: Amid pullback, Argentinian Bitcoin miners thriving

31.5.2021
Institutional miners and hobbyists alike are taking advantage of energy subsidies to cash in

Iranian crypto miners using household energy to face large fines

17.5.2021
Iran is fighting against unauthorized crypto mining amid ongoing energy supply shortages

Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows

17.5.2021
A new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries. Banking System Consumes Much More Energy Than Bitcoin Galaxy Digital published a report...

The convergence between Tesla, SpaceX, renewable energy and Bitcoin mining

25.4.2021
To establish an interplanetary economy, humanity needs a better financial system that decentralized cryptocurrency can offer

Crypto mining will be a bridge to 100% renewable energy production, says Mike Colyer

13.4.2021
"At some point Bitcoin mining will look like a utility, and it’s going to be a part of critical infrastructure for countries," said the Foundry Digital CEO

90% of Bitcoin mining comes from ‘dirty energy,’ Miami mayor says

29.3.2021
The U.S. should address the environmental problems of Bitcoin mining by providing its clean energy to set up mining hubs, Mayor Francis Suarez said

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

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...