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Talk About Renewable Energy: Toilet Turns Excrement Into Power AND Currency

A professor at the Ulsan National Institute of Science and Technology (UNIST) in South Korea basically turned led into gold. The toilet he created uses human feces “to produce biogas and manure.” Not only that, every person using it gets paid in “a virtual currency called Ggool, which means honey in Korean.” That’s right, this […] дальше »

2021-7-30 02:49


How UPenn Uses Blockchain To Incentivize Sustainable Energy Use

Like many colleges across the country, The University of Pennsylvania (UPenn) currently has few students on campus due to the impact of COVID-19. Assistant Professor of Architecture, Dorit Aviv is taking advantage of all those empty dorm rooms to establish an innovative sustainability project based on Internet of Things (IoT) and blockchain technology. дальше »

2020-11-21 22:23


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Tech Giant Microsoft Patents New Bitcoin (BTC) Mining System 

Tech giant Microsoft has patented a new crypto mining solution that uses human bodily activity data to reward people with digital currency when they perform certain tasks. The firm says the new system aims to reduce computational energy consumed during mining while also making the mining process faster, according to a report released April 6,Read MoreRead More. дальше »

2020-4-8 01:00


Ripple Chief Critical of Bitcoin, Ethereum ‘Wasteful’ Energy Consumption

As if there wasn’t enough tribalism within the crypto community already, Ripple’s CEO has blatantly bashed bitcoin and Ethereum for their energy consumption and carbon foot print. Bitcoin Using More Energy Than Ever A recent article in the UK’s Telegraph has claimed that one bitcoin transaction uses more energy than an average British household does in two months. дальше »

2020-3-4 12:00


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IOTA (MIOTA) Tangle Technology Uses Far Less Energy Than Bitcoin (BTC)

Digiconomist, a platform that claims to be dedicated to exposing the unintended consequences of digital trends from an economic angle, has evaluated the energy consumption of IOTA (MIOTA) and Bitcoin (BTC) and discovered that the latter uses over 10x more energy to carry a 1 BTC transaction as compared to IOTA’s Tangle, according to reportsRead MoreRead More. дальше »

2020-1-27 13:30


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Bitcoin Network “Wastes” More Energy Than Switzerland

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launched a new real-time index tracking the total electricity consumption of the Bitcoin network. The index, called Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), provides a real-time estimate of the total annual electricity usage of the Bitcoin network and enables live comparisons with alternative electricity uses in order to put numbersRead MoreRead More. дальше »

2019-7-8 09:00


Bitcoin Miners Becoming ‘Buyers of Last Resort’ for Clean Energy: Report

The latest report from CoinShares shows that renewable energy powers the vast majority of the Bitcoin mining network contrary to the “ocean boiling narrative. ” Bitcoin Mining Uses Mostly Clean Energy In its third bi-annual mining report, CoinShares revealed that clean energy sources powered more than 74% of the Bitcoin mining network. дальше »

2019-6-7 18:00


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The quiet threat inside ‘internet of things’ devices

As Americans increasingly buy and install smart devices in their homes, all those cheap interconnected devices create new security problems for individuals and society as a whole. The problem is compounded by businesses radically expanding the number of sensors and remote monitors it uses to manage overhead lights in corporate offices and detailed manufacturing processes in factories. дальше »

2019-1-22 02:58