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things, you have to do it, don t you, especially when you ve got children, you just have to get on with it, you have to do it, you have to be strong for them. colletta smith, bbc news, in rochdale. bitcoin is a virtual or online currency. like all so called cryptocurrencies it s essentially a computer file, stored in a kind of digital wallet. for now there are very few things you can actually buy with bitcoin. but it can be traded online, and every day, more bitcoins are created or mined as it s called. and it s this process of mining that uses thousands of energy hungry computers and vast amounts of electricity. that s why virtual currencies are coming under increased scrutiny over their potential environmental impact. our north america technology reporter, james clayton, has been given rare access to a bitcoin mine in upstate new york that has its own gas fired power plant. this is an energy plant

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