US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

Over 2 percent of the US’s electricity generation now goes to bitcoin::US government tracking the energy implications of booming bitcoin mining in US.

  • @assassin_aragorn@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1•11 months ago

    More miners join, more difficult and expensive it gets, to the point it forces the least efficient miners to be turned off, or seek cheaper electricity.

    So wealth continues to be concentrated by the wealthy while polluting a bunch.

    • @deafboy@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1•11 months ago

      So wealth continues to be concentrated by the wealthy

      You know the business is legit, when the only complaint is “BuT ThE RiCh!!”