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Comparing the True Costs of Gold Mining in Africa With Those of Bitcoin Mining

Comparing the True Costs of Gold Mining in Africa With Those of Bitcoin MiningWhen billionaire Elon Musk announced that Tesla would no longer accept bitcoin as payment for its electric vehicles, the price of the crypto asset tanked. In justifying this decision, Musk cited bitcoin mining’s inefficient use of electricity as well as its impact on the environment. In fact, before Musk waded into this debate, many opponents […]

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Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research Shows

Banking System Uses Significantly More Energy Than Bitcoin, Research ShowsA new report shows that the banking system consumes more than twice the amount of energy that bitcoin does. The authors analyzed bitcoin’s energy usage and compared it to the banking and gold industries. Banking System Consumes Much More Energy Than Bitcoin Galaxy Digital published a report last week entitled “On Bitcoin’s Energy Consumption: A […]

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