Tag Archives: Bitcoin

Bitcoin will burn the planet. The question: how fast?

[ad_1] It was Max Krause thinking of buying a bit of bitcoin, as you do. But Krause is an engineer, especially working on modeling greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, so his first step was to run the numbers. He looked at the price, of course, but also at the speed …

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Bitcoin mining now burns more energy than producing precious metals, including gold – Hardware – Finance – Networking

[ad_1] Energy demands for the extraction of four major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, outweighed the energy costs of extracting real metals such as gold and copper, according to US environmental researchers. Data mining cryptocurrencies involve increasingly complex calculations to confirm new transactions and add them to the decentralized accounting on which …

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Bitcoin is not used in the mid-term elections

[ad_1] Mid-term elections in the United States are coming and some people are arguing if Bitcoin It is used to mess with them. Brian Forde recently wrote an op for Coindesk on this subject. Forde has been a candidate for the US Congress recently for the 45th district of California …

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Bitcoin mining requires more energy than searching for GOLD

[ad_1] What is a Bitcoin? Bitcoin is what is called "crypto-currency". It's the Internet money version – a single piece of digital property that can be transferred from one person to another. Bitcoins are generated using an open source computer program to solve complex mathematical problems. This process is known …

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PR: The North American Bitcoin Conference Set to warm up Miami

[ad_1] This is a paid press release, which contains forward-looking statements, and should be treated as advertising or promotional material. Bitcoin.com does not endorse or support this product / service. Bitcoin.com is not responsible for any content, accuracy or quality in the press release. The North American Bitcoin Conference returns …

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