Square Takes a Swipe at the Bitcoin Energy Debate With $5 Million Solar Minin...
As the conversation about Bitcoin’s energy consumption reaches a fever pitch, Jack Dorsey’s payment provider Square has unveiled plans to fund a sustainable bitcoin mining facility in conjunction with Blockstream. Mining Project to Serve as Scalable Proof of Concept Bitcoin faces no shortage of consternation, but the spat over the cryptocurrency’s footprint spilled out into the public over the last few weeks following comments from Elon Musk. Although U.S. miners have come together to form the Bitcoin Mining Council following Musk’s critique by promising more....
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Solar energy, like bitcoin, can be an effective tool to protect oneself from poor government systems — and they even work in conjunction.
Microgrid wants to let neighbors sell excess solar energy over a distributed ledger-based system, and two Brooklyn neighbors completed their very first transaction on the TransActive Grid On April 11, 2016. When dealing with solar energy, there is usually an excess of power than can be sold back to the electricity provider. But some people would much....
Blockstream and Square partnered to construct a solar-powered bitcoin mining facility and demonstrate potential for sustainable energy use.