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• These 3 companies are making the products you use everyday sustainable

  You may be a recycling freak, have an array of solar panels decorating your roof, and only buy green label clothing — but ...

  • Andrea Hak

• Bitcoin mining is sucking Georgia’s power grid dry — but it doesn’t matter

  Bitcoin mining in Georgia is reportedly "sucking its power grid dry," but it doesn't matter as the country has reserves of ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• C++ creator hates that Bitcoin was written in the language he made

  The guy who built C++, which Bitcoin was written in, says Bitcoin mostly serves criminals, and is salty that it uses electricity. ...

  • David Canellis

• Iran seizes 1,000 Bitcoin miners, says mining with state electricity is a no-no

  Authorities in Iran have seized about 1,000 Bitcoin mining machines from two abandoned factories. Iran is blaming a recent ...

  • Matthew Beedham

• We are thinking about Bitcoin’s energy usage in all the wrong ways

  It's en vogue to critique Bitcoin mining for its potentially harmful impact on the environment - but that's not the whole ...

  • David Canellis

• Bitmain's new water-cooled cryptocurrecy miner is obvs 'inspired' by YouTube

  Bitmain has released a new water-cooled cryptocurrency miner, but the DIY community has been making their own for a long ...

  • David Canellis

• Meet the daring detectives sniffing out booby-trapped Bitcoin mines

  There's a new group of electricity thieves posing a challenge for police and distribution network operators: bitcoin miners. ...

  • Joost Mollen