Residents Battle Noise Pollution From Crypto Mine
Bitcoin mines are popping up across the country, but their arrival isn’t always a cause for celebration. Residents living near these facilities are increasingly reporting...
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🤯 1 Bitcoin Transaction = 1 Swimming Pool Of Water Wasted
New research reveals that each transaction involving Bitcoin results in the wastage of water equivalent to filling up an entire swimming pool, highlighting the significant...
Riot Platforms Profit Boosts After Climate Change Law Enactment
Riot Platforms, the crypto mining company, recently scored a cool $31.7 million in energy credits from ERCOT, the Texas power grid operator. How did they...
Bitcoin 2024: The World’s First Net-Zero-Emissions Monetary System
Bitcoin has faced widespread criticism for the massive amounts of energy consumed by the millions of nodes and mining rigs out there generating proof-of-work computations...
Cryptocurrencies Can Be Made Eco-friendly Up To A Great Extent!
People have a wide range of emotions when it comes to bitcoin. It’s the cryptocurrency that began it all, the source of a thousand jokes,...
WWF Withdraws NFT Project After Being Criticized Over Environmental Footprint
The World Wildlife Fund’s (WWF) UK chapter launched “non-fungible animals” last week, an ill-advised spin on the NFT fad ostensibly aimed at conserving endangered species....
Bitcoin Brings Transparency In Sustainable Development Programs
Bitcoin mining is an energy-intensive process that involves using powerful computers round the clock to solve complex mathematical problems. It is a decentralised digital currency...
Bitcoin Is Generating CO2 Comparable To Bengaluru’s Yearly Emission
Until November 2018, the annual electricity consumption by Bitcoin was estimated to be about 46 Terawatt-hour (TWh), revealed the study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM)...