Mining Cryptocurrency Uses More Energy Than Actual Mining - ExtremeTech

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Mining Cryptocurrency Uses More Energy Than Actual Mining
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At the dawn of cryptocurrency, mining seemed like a novel and useful way to distribute digital money. You could churn away with a laptop CPU and earn Bitcoin while supporting the blockchain that verified transactions. Today, Bitcoin requires a lot more ...
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Quantification of energy and carbon costs for mining cryptocur