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The one-way ETH “burns” that will kick off Ethereum 2.0

[ad_2][ad_1] With final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 soon to be underway, CoinDesk’s Christine Kim spoke with developers Raul Jordan and Eduardo Antuña Díez about what remains to be done and what comes next. The final preparations for the launch of Ethereum 2.0 will soon be underway. Prysmatic …

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

[ad_1] The energy demands for mining four major cryptocurrencies, including Bitcoin, has outstripped the energy costs of mining. Mining cryptocurrencies implying future complex calculations to confirm new transactions and add them to the decentralized ledger on which a cryptocurrency operates. It's a process that can be done on varying scales …

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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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