It is easy to forget, but innovation in Bitcoin is not purely digital. Most see our “magic internet money” as something purely esoteric, but there is one aspect of our ecosystem that squarely ...

Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (BTC) are created using a distributed computing process called mining. Miners (the network participants) undertake mining to verify the legitimacy of transactions on the ...

High-end ASIC hardware is now a must for any serious Bitcoin miner. Mining pools offer a more stable income for newcomers, ...

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“Let me tell you something. You sell blood diamonds, too.” Leonardo DiCaprio’s Danny Archer spoke those words to Jennifer Connelly’s Maddy Bowen in the 2006 film Blood Diamond, which sparked a global ...

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The United States and allied countries indisputably need more mining to power the transition away from fossil fuels. But figuring out exactly how many potentially destructive mines are needed — and ...

The All Inclusive Sustainable Cost ("AISC") is a very poor measure for evaluating mining company's relative performance. Without a strict definition, mining companies can manipulate the measure. This ...

The sea bed holds vast reserves of cobalt, nickel and other minerals, yet no international rules govern how such extraction might proceed or how its impacts should be contained. The International ...