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Bitcoin Mining Now Uses More Electricity Than Argentina – IFLScience
Mining for bitcoin is now consuming more electricity than the entirety of Argentina, suggests an energy tracker run by Cambridge University.
Bitcoin is a
Mining for bitcoin is now consuming more electricity than the entirety of Argentina, suggests an energy tracker run by Cambridge University.
Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency craze that has taken over the internet, requiring no physical form or bank to be used, created through a process called mining. Mining is essentially using powerful computer components particularly graphics cards to verify bitcoin transactions, a process that then creates bitcoins for the user. Due to a recent surge in the…
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