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Can the fragile Texas power grid handle a cryptomining gold rush?
NBC News via Yahoo News· 2 years agoRecord-breaking heat has pushed the Texas power grid to the brink. It's also stirring opposition to...
Bitcoin’s Intensive Energy Demands Are Sparking a Crypto Backlash
Yale Environment 360 via Yahoo News· 2 years agoThe enormous energy demands of Bitcoin mining are prompting some U.S. municipalities to impose moratoriums or outright bans on cryptocurrency facilities. Bitcoin mining activity, critics warn ...
The Bitcoin Mining Debate Is Ignoring the People Most Affected
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoEnvironmentalists and anti-mining lawmakers debating bitcoin mining facility Greenidge Generation’s...
Excavating the Truth Around the Bitcoin Mining Discourse
CoinDesk via Yahoo Finance· 11 months agoLast year, a group of CoinDesk reporters traveled to Seneca Lake to examine the effect Greenidge...
INSIGHT-Low-carbon bitcoin? Crypto miners' green power talk angers Texas locals
Reuters via Yahoo Finance· 2 years agoAs temperatures crept above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8C) on a July day, air-conditioners across Texas churned overtime and demand on the U.S. state's electricity grid flirted with a new demand ...