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Bitcoin mining isn’t nearly as bad for the environment as it used to be, new data shows CNBC 6 hrs ago MacKenzie Sigalos After Beijing decided to expel its miners in May, more than 50% of the hashrate – the collective computing power of miners worldwide – dropped off the network.  The United States has fast become the new hotspot for the worlds global crypto miners. In the last six months, the country has jumped from fifth to second place and now accounts for nearly 17%...

EZ Blockchain has partnered with the Texas-based oil and gas service provider, Silver Energy to monetize wasted natural gas with bitcoin.

Two Aggies capitalize on wasted gas to mine digital gold The bright flames roaring out of oilfield flare stacks may be a part of Texas scenery to you, but two Aggies see opportunity to get in the digital gold rush. Author: Sharon Ko Updated: 10:54 PM CDT May 6, 2021 SAN ANTONIO — Out in the vast rural area of east Texas lies the private location of Matt Lohstroh and Brent Whitehead’s work shed. You’ll hear the hissing of spray paint or, at times, the crackl...

BTC Miner Stresses: Bitcoin is One of the Most Environment-Friendly Financial Networks While bitcoin has been gathering widespread attention with prices touching all-time highs, mainstream pundits have tried to attack the leading crypto asset for its energy consumption. It seems a new ‘bitcoin is bad for the environment’ editorial is published nearly every week by mainstream journalists, tech authors, and climate activists. This week a representative from the crypto compa...

National security agency conducts a portion of its fisa 702 collection. a recent example of the oversight process at work as a recent example, nasa identified a compliance incident involving queries of u.s. persons identifiers into section 702 acquired upstream data. upstream data refers to nasa receives information directly from the internet with the assistance of companies that maintain the backbone networks. the fisk fisa court was promptly notified and doj and dni worked with nsa and scope a...