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74% of the World’s Bitcoin Mining Operations Driven by Renewable Energy Says Report

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There’s a lot of debate over whether bitcoin mining is bad for the environment. Many bureaucrats and mainstream media pundits claim that mining is wasteful and bitcoin’s energy consumption cannot be ignored. However, these claims have been refuted in the past and on June 6, Coinshares published a report that details mining is not environmentally … Read more

Transparent Solar Panels can Bring Renewable Energy to any Building

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In the technology industry, there are always some developments which might not entirely seem possible at first. A great example comes in the form of recent achievement by Michigan State University researchers. Their plan is to create transparent solar panels which can be placed over a window to harvest solar energy. Windows Turn Into Solar … Read more

Without a True Two-Way Peg No ‘Real’ Sidechain Exists, Says Drivechain Creator

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On April 17, the founder of the Drivechain project, Paul Sztorc, published a new blog post concerning the validity of today’s so-called ‘production sidechains.’ Sztorc has declared on multiple occasions that true sidechain technology hasn’t been invented yet and even Blockstream’s Liquid protocol, dubbed “the first production sidechain,” in a critical sense is not a … Read more