Bitcoin’s global hashrate dropped ten days ago following a coal mine accident that caused significant grid blackouts in Xinjiang, China. While initial estimates had shown
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Chinese investors reboot Iranian Bitcoin mining facility
A Chinese–Iranian Bitcoin mining facility is set to resume operations after being forced to shut down earlier in the year.
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Bitcoin power consumption ‘66 times higher than in 2015’: Citigroup
However energy consumption has not matched the 170X price increase over the same period.
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Australians can now exchange solar energy credits for beer with blockchain
Victoria Bitter has partnered with blockchain energy trading platform Power Ledger to allow customers to earn beer with surplus solar energy.
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Nic Carter takes aim at claims Bitcoin is an environmental disaster
Carter argues that mining is concentrated in areas where there is an excess of energy.
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90% of Bitcoin mining comes from ‘dirty energy,’ Miami mayor says
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.
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