
Energy Consumption
Arkansas town halts BTC mining proposal
Vilonia, a town in Arkansas, has rejected the plans after spirited opposition from members of the public over noise pollution...
Earth Day 2025: An efficient blockchain is a smart energy choice
Earth Day asks us to look at energy usage and question its use—there are many answers to this, and an...
AI chip manufacturing derails climate progress in East Asia
A Greenpeace report has identified a spike in the electricity consumption rates of AI chip manufacturing by 350% since 2023...
Last Week in AI: OpenAI vs Musk legal feud escalates; IEA report
OpenAI fired back last week with a countersuit against Musk while Anthropic rolled out a new plan, and the IEA...
Trump tariffs offer few rewards to BTC block reward miners
April has been ‘the cruelest month’ for U.S. block reward miners so far, as Trump’s incoherent global trade policies played...
Trump’s shift in US crypto space: A focus on Bitcoin mining
Since returning to the White House, Trump has aggressively positioned the U.S. as a leader in the digital currency space,...