Bitcoin under pressure to adopt more sustainable practices
Several environmental advocacy groups have launched a campaign to pressure bitcoin miners to change their coding...
Elon Musk ditches energy-hungry Bitcoin as payment for Tesla vehicles
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has announced that the company will no longer accept Bitcoin as a means of payment for its...
Bitcoin uses more energy than all of Argentina
Bitcoin is a huge energy hog. And Tesla's recent announcement that it had bought $1.5 billion bitcoin...
Bitcoin is expected to consume enough energy to power Austria by the end of 2018
Though bitcoin's value may rise and fall dramatically, the energy required to produce bitcoins seems to be ever...
Bitcoin mining powers Canadian man's innovative aquaponic garden
This indoor garden is heated by something totally unexpected: bitcoin mining. When software company owner Bruce...
Here's how much land area we'd need to power Bitcoin with solar
You've probably been hearing about how much electricity Bitcoin is consuming: more than 33 terrawatt-hours (TWh)...
One Bitcoin transaction takes more energy than a household uses in a week
Although Bitcoin has suffered a dramatic fall in value over the past several days, 2017 has seen Bitcoin's value...
This Russian cottage is heated for free with Bitcoin mining
In the last month, Bitcoin — the biggest and best-known cryptocurrency— rose in value by 480 percent. The sudden...
Power-hungry Bitcoin could consume as much energy as Denmark by 2020
The value of Bitcoin has fluctuated widely since the pioneering cryptocurrency's debut in 2009. Middling at less...
