The ‘utopian’ currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler

Reuters John Quiggin, The University of Queensland The recent upsurge in the price of Bitcoin seems to have finally awakened the world to the massively destructive environmental consequences of this bubble. These consequences were pointed out as long ago as 2013 by Australian sustainability analyst and entrepreneur Guy Lane, executive director of the Long FutureContinue reading “The ‘utopian’ currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler”

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