Bitcoin mining now consuming more electricity than 159 countries including Ireland and most of the countries in Africa

(Natural News) Bitcoin’s ongoing meteoric price rise has received the bulk of recent press attention with a lot of discussion around whether or not it’s a bubble waiting to burst. (Article republished from PowerCompare.co.uk) However, most the coverage has missed out one of the more interesting and unintended consequences of this price increase. That is...

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