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Thai Authorities Raid Illegal Bitcoin Mine After Power Outages Spark Resident Complaints

DIGIT — Mon, 26 Aug 2024 05:46:09 +0000

Thai authorities successfully raided an illegal bitcoin mining operation in Ratchaburi on August 23. The raid came after residents reported frequent power outages. The bitcoin mining operation was found to be consuming electricity that the occupants of the house were not fully paying for. Bitcoin Mine Raided Amid Resident Power Outage Complaints Authorities in Thailand […]

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Russia Takes Second Place Rank by Power Capacity in Crypto Mining, Reports

DIGIT — Sun, 09 Apr 2023 09:30:41 +0000

Russia is now ranking second in terms of energy capacities engaged in the extraction of cryptocurrencies, new data suggests. Despite persisting regulatory uncertainty and the negative effects of sanctions, the amount of power devoted to the sector has been growing, reaching record highs this year. 1 GW of Electrical Power Involved in Crypto Mining in […]

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Moldova Bans Cryptocurrency Mining Amid Energy Crisis Caused by War in Ukraine

DIGIT — Thu, 27 Oct 2022 22:00:58 +0000

The government of Moldova has decided to suspend crypto mining activities in the country as it’s facing a major energy crisis. The move is part of emergency measures to reduce power consumption with energy supplies dwindling due to the escalating conflict in neighboring Ukraine. Authorities in Moldova Prohibit Bitcoin Minting and Mining Hardware Imports to […]

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Bitcoin Mining Report Claims Miner Energy Consumption Mix 56% Sustainable in Q2

DIGIT — Sun, 04 Jul 2021 20:30:20 +0000

During the last three months, there’s been a significant focus on the effects bitcoin mining has on the global environment. While many have claimed bitcoin mining is bad for the environment and many others have stressed that it affects the environment in a positive way, either way, most are relying on unreliable and old data […]

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Elon Musk’s ‘50% Clean Energy’ Bitcoin Mining Goal Will Be Complicated To Verify

DIGIT — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 16:30:44 +0000

On Sunday, Tesla’s CEO Elon Musk tweeted that when there’s “confirmation of reasonable (~50%) clean energy usage by miners with positive future trend, Tesla will resume allowing Bitcoin transactions.” However, there’s a big problem with this goal, as nobody knows exactly how to measure 50% clean energy usage let alone precisely where miners are geographically […]

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Bitcoin Energy Consumption Is Far More Efficient and Greener Than Today’s Banking System

DIGIT — Tue, 19 Jan 2021 23:00:40 +0000

While bitcoin and a variety of digital currencies have swelled in value, a number of critics have spread fear, uncertainty, and doubt (FUD) in regard to the energy consumption proof-of-work (PoW) cryptocurrencies leverage to produce new units of currency. Just recently the software engineer Stephen Diehl expressed his dissatisfaction over the environmental cost of bitcoin. […]

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China’s Coal Standoff Causes Power Shortages, Chinese Bitcoin Miners ‘Heavily Affected’

DIGIT — Mon, 28 Dec 2020 11:30:01 +0000

Regional reports from China detail that bitcoin miners located in certain areas in South China are running short on electricity. The country has been having massive issues with coal prices soaring across the mainland, as the Chinese government hasn’t been allowing coal carriers into ports. Because of the sweeping electrical shortages, mining activities have been […]

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Analyst Claims 98% of Mining Rigs Fail to Verify Transactions

DIGIT — Sun, 01 Mar 2020 19:56:00 +0000

Digiconomist’s founder has claimed the power expended in a single BTC transaction could power a British household for two months.

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