In Remote Northeast Ireland, This Bitcoin Miner Is Turning Biogas Into Sats
A proof of concept on a farm in Ireland demonstrates how bitcoin mining can create value from methane and carbon dioxide waste.This is an opinion editorial by John Quigley, a Bitcoin mining researcher and digital nomad from Ireland. A version of this article was originally published on Adaptive Analysis. Source: Mark Morton For years, a growing divide has been forming between Bitcoin miners and BTC-concerned communities worldwide. A line has been drawn not only in the hash-rate-humming mining facilities around the globe but also in the social media arenas where anyone with two cents to....
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A Bitcoin mining facility in Slovakia converts human and animal waste into Bitcoin hash rate, securing the network while mining Bitcoin. Next time someone tries to poo-poo the renewable credentials of Bitcoin (BTC) mining, remember AmityAge Mining Farm. Founded by Gabriel Kozak and Dušan Matuska, the Bitcoin mining facility uses human and animal waste to generate electricity for mining.Matuska, the man “who met Satoshi Nakomoto”, told Cointelegraph that “methane from biodegradation processes runs our machines.” As human and animal waste isn’t running out any time soon, their BTC mining....
Treating human waste by turning it into biogas could be an effective means of mining bitcoin which would benefit small towns in developing countries the most.
The Central Bank of Ireland has provided regulatory approval to Gemini, a cryptocurrency exchange. Gemini will now be able to extend crypto services in Ireland. The exchange is situated in Ireland (Dublin), it established its headquarters there in the year 2021. After a thorough review of the security and compliance programmes, this license was granted […]
In the wake of Brexit, the Republic of Ireland could become the go-to European hub for FinTech companies, and among them, its many specialists in blockchain technology. Following the UK's leave vote, Dublin was found to be the second most attractive financial center in Europe by a PwC survey – and although London still topped the poll, uncertainty over the terms of Britain's exit from Europe make the Irish challenger more appealing by the day. Besides a specialization in financial services, Ireland is already the European outpost for many of the most influential tech companies in the world....