by faster | May 17, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Grist DATE: May 17, 2018 SNIP: Bitcoin’s energy footprint has more than doubled since Grist first wrote about it six months ago. It’s expected to double again by the end of the year, according to a new peer-reviewed study out Wednesday. And if that happens,...
by faster | Mar 27, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: Fast Company DATE: March 27, 2018 SNIP: A new study from researchers at McMaster University published in the Journal of Cleaner Production analyzed the carbon impact of the whole Information and Communication Industry (ICT) from around 2010-2020, including...
by faster | Feb 13, 2018 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian and Ars Technica DATE: 13 February, 2018 SNIP: Bitcoin’s price may be down more than 50% from its highs in December, but no one has told Iceland, where the cryptocurrency and its offspring are reshaping the economy. According to Johann Snorri...
by faster | Nov 27, 2017 | Blog
SOURCE: The Guardian DATE: November 21, 2017 SNIP: Bitcoin’s “mining” network uses more electricity in a year than the whole of Ireland, according to statistics released as the currency broke $9,000 for the first time. According to Digiconomist the estimated power use...
by faster | Jan 23, 2016 | Blog
SOURCE: Independent DATE: Jan 23, 2016 SNIP: The amount of energy consumed by the world’s data centres – the repositories for billions of gigabytes of information – will treble in the next decade, putting an enormous strain on energy supplies and dealing a hefty blow...
