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How China’s Bitcoin mining ban affects energy consumption estimates

Digiconomist July 2, 2021 Latest, Sustainability

In June 2021 China started enforcing a complete ban on all Bitcoin mining activities in the country.

Amidst avid greenwashing, Xinjiang blackout exposes the horrid reality of Bitcoin mining

Digiconomist April 24, 2021 Latest, Sustainability

Estimates have long suggested that Bitcoin mining is a dirty business, but it took a blackout in China’s Xinjiang province during the weekend of April 17-18 to confirm the appalling state of Bitcoin’s network.

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist October 14, 2017 Other

The first Ethereum Exchange Traded notes are live, and SegWit2x is losing support.

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist September 16, 2017 Other

China’s exchanges are closing down following government action, and Jamie Dimon considers Bitcoin a fraud.

Cryptocurrency Highlights Of The Week

Digiconomist June 24, 2017 Other

China is testing its own digital currency, and Ethereum flash crashed on GDAX this week.

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30 Sep 1708053233787117933

“Efficient AI” is an oxymoron similar to “efficient blockchain.” In blockchain bigger = more robust = better. By design that is anti-efficient (ie. less = better). You will observe something similar in AI models.

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30 Sep 1708053233787117933

“Efficient AI” is an oxymoron similar to “efficient blockchain.” In blockchain bigger = more robust = better. By design that is anti-efficient (ie. less = better). You will observe something similar in AI models.

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29 Sep 1707719726451904548

More details will follow soon, but I can now reveal that my latest research on Artificial Intelligence will be published in less than two weeks.

If you’ve been following my research over the past years you’ll have a pretty good idea of what the content may look like. Stay tuned!

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29 Sep 1707719723473830322

Preannouncement: Digiconomist was founded with the purpose of “exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends.”

Over the past years, my main focus (and PhD research) has been on crypto asset sustainability. However, there’s a new trend that now deserves attention: AI.

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29 Sep 1707715153242763431

More smoking boosts lung cancer research

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29 Sep 1707719723473830322

Preannouncement: Digiconomist was founded with the purpose of “exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends.”

Over the past years, my main focus (and PhD research) has been on crypto asset sustainability. However, there’s a new trend that now deserves attention: AI.

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