
Energy Consumption
Jack Dorsey and Michael Saylor send letter to EPA defending BTC mining
A group of influential BTC investors, including Michael Saylor and Jack Dorsey, recently sent a letter to the EPA outlining...
Swiss National Bank won’t hold BTC as reserve currency: report
The chair of the bank said that it could very easily purchase BTC but has decided against it as it...
Earth Day 2022: BSV still shows how proof-of-work blockchains can be energy-efficient
On Earth Day 2022, we shouldn't only reflect on how much energy we're consuming but also on how we're using...
BTC v Ripple in proof-of-climate-change dust-up
The co-founder of ‘crypto’ token/commodity Ripple wants BTC to shift to a Proof of Stake consensus mechanism, apparently because he...
Zhejiang province hikes energy costs for miners as China doubles down on sector
Despite a countrywide ban on block reward mining, Zhejiang has become the latest province to implement an electricity hike for...
Kazakhstan wants to raise tax on block reward miners by 500%
The proposal by the Minister of Finance will also see miners pay a monthly tax on their mining rigs, whether...