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Bitcoin’s Energy Use Isn’t Crazy, Rivals Switzerland’s Power Consumption

P. H. Madore

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance has released an index of sorts devoted to macro data about Bitcoin, all of it relating to electricity consumption. Tree Huggers Take Solace Historically, one great objection to Bitcoin has been its perceived large-scale energy consumption. Some question the logic of building out an entirely new system when the […]

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