Bitcoin environmentalist Daniel Batton criticized the methods used by Digiconomist founder Alex de Vries to assess Bitcoin’s environmental impact.
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Phenomenal piece by Reason Magazine. We at NewsBTC have been countering the Bitcoin-is-bad-for-the-environment narrative for a while now. Now, we have a new tool. A
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Controversial Bitcoin Mining Council Confirms “Sustainable Power Mix”
The Bitcoin Mining Council is back at it. The controversial initiative lead by Michael Saylor presented “the findings of its first quarterly survey focused on
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Comparing the True Costs of Gold Mining in Africa With Those of Bitcoin Mining
When billionaire Elon Musk announced that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles, the price of the crypto asset tanked.
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Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows
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
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