In recent months, there has been a slew of claims that electric vehicles' use of mineral mining causes more harm to the environment than traditional carbon-releasing cars. But is that true? British ...

Holding funds to receive rewards while contributing to the operations of a blockchain might be the answer to today’s mining problems. For a tech that was supposed to be democratic and distributed in ...

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Public complaints around bitcoin mining noise pollution are growing, but miners have plenty of solutions at their disposal. Let’s use them. Bitcoin mining is loud. Anyone reading that sentence who has ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. Illegal gold mining has long plagued Colombia’s ecosystems and communities, while small-scale miners have lamented the difficulties they face in ...

What Are The Major Concerns? Bitcoin mining has created quite a stir in the marketplace. It's no mystery that Bitcoin mining consumes a lot of energy, resulting in increased carbon emissions. Bitcoin ...

BTC mining stocks ended the year in the green, driven by the taste for AI risk. Leading companies like IREN and HUT8 rose, ...

A recent article on undersea mining in The Atlantic brought back a detailed childhood memory. When I was in fifth grade, my class put on a sort of mini science fair and performance art program for ...