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Bitcoin Mining takes more energy than extracting gold or platinum

[ad_1] Digital currencies, as in so-called cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ethereum, may represent the future of our monetary system, but so far they have been terrible for the environment. This is the conclusion of the researchers of the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) in Cincinnati, Ohio. In …

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China has updated its crypto rating, Bitcoin has five points

[ad_1] One of the largest mining encryption pools, F2Pool, has published in Weibo that due to the significant decrease in the price of Bitcoin and other altcoins, encryption operations are running out of equipment. What is more important, the sale is done not by units but by kilos. The price …

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SharkPool to extract empty blocks on Bitcoin Cash ABC as "Only one chain can exist"

[ad_1] / Last / 2018/11 / sharkpool-to-mine-empty-blocks-on-bitcoin-cash-abc-as-only-a-chain-can-exist / The "SharkPool" cryptocurrency mining pool recently revealed that if Bitcoin Cash ABC, the bitcoin liquidity chain that appears to be supported by most companies in space, survives the ongoing hashwar, it will remove empty blocks on it. As recently discussed by CryptoGlobe, …

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5 popular cryptocurrencies non bitcoin of interest | Opinion

[ad_1] Credit: Chris Ratcliffe / Bloomberg While Bitcoin is the most famous cryptocurrency, today it is only one of about 2,000 cryptocurrencies in circulation. All heavily traded cryptocurrencies are powered by some versions of a distributed ledger (blockchain) and each has at least one unique attribute that differentiates it. Here …

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