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Converting it into a gas—fired power station with a twist. what's happening here is part of a modern day gold rush. but they are not mining minerals here, they're mining bitcoin. these computers all have one singular goal: to create bitcoin. they do that by tackling wickedly hard equations that need a lot of computer power to solve. in many ways, these computers are printing money. one bitcoin is currently worth over £25,000, or $35,000, and all these computers need a lot of energy. the unique thing about this plant is it both creates energy and mines bitcoin, so these turbines actually cre...

Politicians around the world are still trying to work out how to deal with bitcoin�*s greedy energy consumption. companies like greenidge think that they are the future but plenty of others think that reopening plants like this is a step in the wrong direction. hello and welcome to the week in tech. it was the week twitter started testing a new online shopping feature. the playdate hand—held gaming console from panic became available for preorder. and after his return to earth, amazon billionairejeff bezos offered nasa $2 billion to reconsider the awarding of a moon mission contract to riv...

Mining bitcoin is hugely energy intensive. cambridge university estimates that the annual amount of energy used to mine bitcoin is equivalent to a country the size of colombia or bangladesh. there are nearly 10,000 bitcoin mining computers here and greenidge wants to build more. the company argues it's greener than bitcoin mines that use coal in the us and china and that they offset their emissions. but they're still pumping out carbon dioxide to make a cryptocurrency. i spoke to greenidge�*s chief executive, jeff kirt.

When crypto miners realised that it can get pretty cold here and electricity was pretty cheap, iceland's appeal became apparent, and now crypto mining in iceland uses more electricity than the country's homes. but a long way from this country, there is a decommissioned coal plant which has been converted into a gas—fired power plant all in the name of mining bitcoin. sounds unbelievable, doesn't it? here's james clayton. this is an energy plant with a big difference. a former new york coal plant, its owners greenidge generation have decided to bring it back to life, converting it into a gasâ...

Singular goal: to create bitcoin. they do that by tackling wickedly hard equations that need a lot of computer power to solve. in many ways, these computers are printing money. one bitcoin is currently worth over £25,000, or $35,000, and all these computers need a lot of energy. the unique thing about this plant is it both creates energy and mines bitcoin, so these turbines actually create the energy, and then literally right next to them there are these massive bitcoining machines. that's kind of the unique selling point of company, that they do the whole thing in—house. mining bitcoin is ...