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Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist April 29, 2017 Other

A “backdoor” in Bitmain’s mining equipment was found (and fixed) this week, and the SEC is reviewing its decision to reject a Bitcoin ETF.

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist April 22, 2017 Other

Segregated witnesses will be activated on Litecoin, and Bitcoin exchange Bitfinex appears to be in serious trouble.

Bitcoin Electricity Consumption: An Economic Approach

Digiconomist April 17, 2017 Economics

Ever since Bitcoin’s inception its trust-minimizing consensus has been enabled by its proof-of-work algorithm. The work is performed by so-called miners; power hungry machines

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist April 15, 2017 Other

F2Pool is now supporting segregated witnesses, and Russia is seeking to regulate Bitcoin.

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist April 8, 2017 Other

Bitmain is accused of exploiting a weakness in proof-of-work, and Bic Camera has started accepting Bitcoin.

Crypto Japan

@SirbuOffice

Bitfinex Must Face N.Y. Suit Over $800 Million in Lost Funds bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

3:06 pm · July 10, 2020 ·

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@DigiEconomist

The latest #Ethereum Energy Consumption Index is 7.513 TWh per Year/0.7 Mil US households (+0.02%) ethereumenergyconsumption.com 20.1 KWh per unique transaction (powers 1 US household for 0.7 days) #MakeEthereumSustainable

2:02 pm · July 9, 2020

Digiconomist

@DigiEconomist

#Bitcoin #EWaste Generation is at 10.562 kilotonnes per year (comparable to a country like Luxembourg) bitcoinelectronicwaste.com A footprint of 92.3 grams per unique transaction (equal to the weight of 1.4 'C'-size batteries or 2 golf balls) #MakeBitcoinSustainable

1:32 pm · July 8, 2020

Digiconomist

@DigiEconomist

The latest #Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index is 60.526 TWh per year (comparable to a country like Algeria) bitcoinenergyconsumption.com The #energy #footprint per unique transaction is 531 kWh (enough to power 1 U.S. household for 17.9 days) #MakeBitcoinSustainable

1:05 pm · July 7, 2020

Digiconomist

@DigiEconomist

#Bitcoin's TWh usage results in a #CarbonFootprint of 28.79 MtCO2 (comparable to a country like Myanmar) bitcoinenergyconsumption.com The #carbon #footprint per unique transaction is 252.13 kgCO2 (equivalent to 630,322 VISA transactions) #MakeBitcoinSustainable

1:05 pm · July 7, 2020

Eric Wall

@ercwl

If you haven't been paying close attention to the S2F saga lately, I've compiled a list of recent discoveries and events with links so you can quickly catch up. Seems like most people still haven't seen these. Have a read and pay it a thought if you want. medium.com/@ercwl/a-list-…

5:22 pm · July 2, 2020 ·

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@DigiEconomist

The latest #Ethereum Energy Consumption Index is 7.517 TWh per Year/0.7 Mil US households (-0.02%) ethereumenergyconsumption.com 20.6 KWh per unique transaction (powers 1 US household for 0.7 days) #MakeEthereumSustainable

2:02 pm · July 2, 2020

Palley

@stephendpalley

Fifth Circuit court of appeals holds that there is no 4th amendment protection that (1) precludes the use of analytics to trace bitcoin transactions or (2) that protects transaction records on an exchange (here, Coinbase). /1 pic.twitter.com/4lUtyBkLiM

7:50 pm · July 1, 2020 ·

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@DigiEconomist

#Bitcoin #EWaste Generation is at 10.047 kilotonnes per year (comparable to a country like Luxembourg) bitcoinelectronicwaste.com A footprint of 89.6 grams per unique transaction (equal to the weight of 1.4 'C'-size batteries or 2 golf balls) #MakeBitcoinSustainable

1:33 pm · July 1, 2020

Digiconomist

@DigiEconomist

The latest #Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index is 59.32 TWh per year (comparable to a country like Greece) bitcoinenergyconsumption.com The #energy #footprint per unique transaction is 528.5 kWh (enough to power 1 U.S. household for 17.9 days) #MakeBitcoinSustainable

1:18 pm · June 30, 2020