Energy

Ethereum 2.0

Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Sharding

Christine KimMay 26, 2021

A sharded blockchain enables blockchain capacity and transaction throughput to increase along with the number of nodes, such that scalability does not sacrifice network decentralization.

Bitcoin Mining

Marty Bent: Bitcoiners Must Fight for Energy Narrative

Benedict GeorgeMay 24, 2021

"There's no energy problem. Bitcoin is the energy solution."

Bitcoin Mining

Bitcoin Mining Firm Compass Inks Deal With Nuclear Microreactor Company Oklo

Nate DiCamilloJul 14, 2021

Salvadoran volcanoes aren't the only novel source of power in the bitcoin mining industry.

Digital Securities

TZero to Digitize $25M of Equity in Oil and Gas Fund on Ethereum Blockchain

Damanick DantesMay 20, 2021

The deal should make it easier for investors to trade stakes in a fund managed by EnergyFunders.

Energy

PG&E, California’s Largest Public Utility, Joins Blockchain Education Group

Tanzeel AkhtarMay 4, 2021

PG&E, OKCoin, ShapeShift, CoinGecko, Band Protocol. One of these MouseBelt enlistees is not like the others.

Energy

China

Beijing to Track Crypto Mining Impact on Energy Consumption: Report

Sandali Handagama

A Beijing municipal bureau sent an emergency notice to local data centers, asking about crypto mining operations.

Energy

Everything We Want Costs Energy, Including Bitcoin

Benjamin Powers

What’s essential is situating bitcoin mining and energy in a larger context.

Energy

CoinDesk Research: Does Bitcoin Have an Energy Problem?

Noelle Acheson

Bitcoin does consume a lot of energy, but it also incentivizes renewable energy through improving economics and distribution.

Chris Larsen

Ripple’s Chris Larsen Says Bitcoin Should Move Away From Proof-of-Work

Sebastian Sinclair

Larsen said PoW is a massive drain on power consumption and a "growing source" of CO2 emissions.

Beer

Aussie Beer Can Now Be Exchanged for Excess Solar in New Program Involving Blockchain

Sebastian Sinclair

The program has been developed in partnership with Victoria Bitter, retailer Diamond Energy and blockchain startup Power Ledger.

NFTs

Nifty Gateway Pledges to Go ‘Carbon Negative’ Amid Criticism of NFTs

Danny Nelson

The Gemini-owned marketplace for non-fungible tokens says it’s buying carbon offsets despite a “double standard” for the IRL art world.

Bitcoin Mining

Argo Blockchain, DMG to Launch Clean Energy Bitcoin Mining Pool

Tanzeel Akhtar

Argo said "Terra Pool" will allow for the creation of "green bitcoin."