Bitcoin's real energy use questioned as Ethereum founder criticizes BTC
A founding member of Ethereum has claimed that Bitcoin uses nearly 1% of the world’s electricity, but different sources put it substantially lower. The ever-raging debate around Bitcoin’s energy consumption has been re-ignited, with founding member of Ethereum Anthony Donofrio claiming that Bitcoin is using “way too much” energy. According to figures from Digiconomist, Bitcoin (BTC) currently uses 0.82% of the world’s power while Ethereum (ETH) uses 0.34%. Ethereum researcher Justin Drake posted the figures to his 56,000 followers that Donofrio retweeted, stating:If bitcoin is really using....
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On Saturday, the co-founder of Ethereum, Vitalik Buterin, took to Twitter and gave his perspective on the “existing corporate attempts to create the metaverse.” Buterin noted that a metaverse will happen, but he doesnt believe the current corporate metaverse attempts are going anywhere.
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The Capriole Investments founder has pointed out how Bitcoin is still at a 40% discount compared to its Energy Value. Here’s what this could mean. Bitcoin Energy Value Is Situated Around $130,000 Right Now In a new post on X, Capriole Investments founder Charles Edwards has shared how the Energy Value of Bitcoin is looking […]
Moments before the big Ethereum Merge took place, co-founder Vitalik Buterin shared his excitement and PoS vision with the community. As the clock counted down to the final moments of the big Ethereum (ETH) Merge, co-founder Vitalik Buterin joined the “Ethereum Mainnet Merge Viewing Party” livestream hosted by the Ethereum Foundation to share his final thoughts.When asked if he was excited about the Merge, Buterin responded that he is "absolutely excited about being exited from the proof-of-work era." The co-founder went on to say that the historic transition of the network from....