News with the tag "Energy Consumption"

Russia’s key crypto mining regions like Irkutsk will enforce seasonal mining restrictions instead of originally proposed complete bans.

Bitcoin environmentalist Daniel Batton criticized the methods used by Digiconomist founder Alex de Vries to assess Bitcoin’s environmental impact.

Russia’s crypto mining laws have filled the “regulatory vacuum,” but there is still a lot of legal uncertainty about many aspects of regulation.

A tax on the energy used by crypto miners could cut emissions by 100 million tons a year, equal to Belgium’s emissions, say two IMF executives.

Reduced block rewards post-halving and Bitcoin mining difficulty reaching new heights are eating away at miner revenues.

The pro-crypto senator claimed that Bitcoin mining consumes as much energy as household appliances such as tumble dryers.

AI's utility is more obvious to everyday people than crypto's, and AI's risks are so much greater that power consumption fears seem beside the point.

Tesla removed Bitcoin payments citing environmental concerns, but Elon Musk pledged to reinstate them if renewable energy use on the network increased.

This move follows a recent crackdown that involved confiscating 2,000 cryptocurrency mining devices as part of an anti-corruption initiative.

Data centers serve as the silent engines driving the digital revolution in a time when digital technologies permeate every part of our existence. However, the increasing energy needs imposed on these data hubs present a serious threat to sustainability and carbon neutrality as the globe moves closer...