[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 …
Read More »Should Paraguay invest its energy wealth in bitcoin "mines" or in the fight against poverty? | Global development
[ad_1] Sguards armed with patrols patrol an anonymous warehouse on the outskirts of Ciudad del Este. Perched on the triple border where Paraguay meets Brazil and Argentina, the melting pot city is often associated with smuggling, cartels and drugs. But inside, a new hot commodity is accumulating from the second. …
Read More »Ethereum Energy Project now powers 700 families in 10 cities
[ad_1] A little known ethereum project called Lition is quietly helping real German citizens to find less energy. Launched at the beginning of this year, Lition is already a licensed energy provider in Germany with customers in 12 major cities (including Berlin, Hamburg and Munich) that now use their own …
Read More »The leader of the ripple says that the XRP coin extraction consumes much less energy than Bitcoin and Ethereum
[ad_2][ad_1] Ripple's Cory Johnson recently tweeted on XRP, ETH and BTC about their impact on the environment. This is becoming more of a problem more as the use of cryptocurrency becomes more widespread. XRP tends to consume around 0.01 TWh [terawatt hours]. ETH and BTC consume substantially more, with the …
Read More »The XRP consumes less energy than Bitcoin [BTC], Ethereum [ETH]says Ripple's Cory Johnson
[ad_1] While companies around the world are shaping strategies to become green and use clean energy, the chief market strategist of the leading blockchain remittance company, Ripple, also tweeted about the problem. In a recent tweet by Cory Johnson, he designed a comparison between XRP, Ethereum [ETH] and Bitcoin [BTC] …
Read More »Three ways to revive the energy markets from the Blockchain up
[ad_2][ad_1] The role of Blockchain in the energy economy goes well beyond cryptocurrencies and solar-based peer-to-peer solar trading via social networks. The ability to "tokenise" data in a radically decentralized and transparent way among thousands or even millions of participating actors is a revolutionary technology with applications throughout the energy …
Read More »Bitcoin (BTC) will consume more energy over time?
[ad_1] Some believe that Bitcoin mining (BTC) can consume all the energy in the world. But this is nothing but speculation. Although the consumption of energy for the mining sector is significant, it would be practically impossible for Bitcoin (BTC) to be responsible for the total consumption of electricity. For …
Read More »Major Utility Company launches the Blockchain-based solar energy market
[ad_2][ad_1] SP Group, an important company that supplies electricity and gas in Singapore, has launched a blockchain-powered renewable energy certificates (REC) market, the company reveals in a press release on Monday 29 October. The platform was presented on the occasion of the ASEAN Energy Business Forum held in Singapore this …
Read More »Striking solar energy Spot sweet with blockchain and cryptocurrency (interview #CleanTechnica part 2)
[ad_2][ad_1] Clean power Published on 29 October 2018 | by Tina Casey 29 October 2018 of Tina Casey Talk is growing on a new wave of solar development based on blockchain and cryptocurrency, so file this under U for You can not see anything yet. After all, a new revolution …
Read More »No, Bitcoin will not consume all the energy in the world
[ad_1] Every once in a while great news is taken away and reports that Bitcoin will consume all the power in the world. A conspiracy theorist might say that such stories are instigated by international bank cartels in order to fuel the fear that Bitcoin is not a sustainable alternative …
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