December 6, 2017 03:36 pm PST
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How much energy does Bitcoin consume, and can it improve?
After Digiconomist's analysis of the total energy consumption of the Bitcoin transactions on the blockchain went viral, Timothy Lee at Ars Technica provides a much-needed reality check in the form of some technical detail and nuance about what that energy consumption means, and where it might go. (more…)
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