Doomsday Clock Nears Midnight, Time to Buy Bitcoin?
The Doomsday Clock is now closer than its ever been in its 73 year history to spelling out the total destruction of mankind. Surely it must be Bitcoin o’clock now? The...
Why VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger Is Wrong About Bitcoin
For a tech-company CEO, Pat Gelsinger is perhaps surprisingly forthright about the potential dangers of technology. But whilst certain technological ‘advances’ can indeed...
Bitcoin Mining May Prove Useful for Gas Well Owners
Gas companies in Canada are utilizing trapped natural gas otherwise flared to the atmosphere for bitcoin mining, creating a useful application for illiquid energy. Why Flare When You...
Why Bitcoin May Be The Greenest Technology Ever
The benefit for the planet may be incalculable by switching to a sound money like Bitcoin from inflationary ‘cheap’ money that incentivizes waste, incessant growth, and...
Bitcoin Mining: Three Reasons Why Energy Consumption Rhetoric Is Pure Nonsense
When they aren’t bashing Bitcoin as a bubble, nocoiners can usually be found trying desperately to prove how the activities of miners will bring about the end of the world. Here...
Banks Consume Over Three Times More Energy Than Bitcoin, According to Researcher
Bitcoin’s network energy consumption has become somewhat of a hot topic as the cryptocurrency grows in popularity. A clean energy researcher, however, says that naysayers are...
New Power Rates for Cryptocurrency Miners in Upstate New York
The New York Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved new electricity rates for cryptocurrency miners in Upstate New York. Details of the New Rates In a press release issued by the...
Walmart Awarded Patent for Blockchain Based Energy Management
A recent document released by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) reveals Walmart has filed a patent for managing demand on an electrical grid using cryptocurrency and...
Robotina to Utilize Blockchain Technology to Modernize the Way We Interact with Energy
With a critical energy consumption problem currently plaguing the world, Robotina seeks to rethink the way we interact with traditional power networks. By deploying a myriad of modern...
Kwatt Coin – Tokenized Electricity a Revolutionary Solution
2017 has been a record-breaking, awe-inspiring rollercoaster ride for cryptocurrency valuations increasing by more than 2000% in some cases. With all the hype and global attention on...
Stay Calm! Alarming Bitcoin Power Consumption Projections May Not Be Accurate
There’s been a lot of hype about Bitcoin power consumption, with many outlets saying that it’s getting out of control. However, it may be that such alarmist rhetoric may...
5 Ways to Solve the Bitcoin Mining Energy Crisis
There has been a lot of talk in the news recently about how much energy Bitcoin mining uses and its potential impact on the environment. Today we explore just how much energy Bitcoin...