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Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban
With continuing fallout from China, CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin reviews the week’s events out of China that potentially impacted the price of bitcoin and the wider crypto market.
El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy
“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the country’s energy supply coming from geothermal sources, could El Salvador provide an answer to the hunt for a reliable, clean energy source to power bitcoin mining?
Bitcoin Mining Firm Compass Inks Deal With Nuclear Microreactor Company Oklo
Salvadoran volcanoes aren't the only novel source of power in the bitcoin mining industry.
Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Buy Up Renewable Energy
Amazon and other tech giants are accelerating the race to buy up renewable energy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. "The Hash" hosts discuss the race to reduce emissions and why it matters for the crypto world.
Could the Heat and Feared Blackouts in Parts of the U.S. Affect Bitcoin Mining Operations?
Texas and other U.S. states across the West are facing energy grid shortfalls this summer as severe drought reduces the amount of water available for hydroelectric power generation, says the Wall Street Journal. CoinDesk's Christie Harkin and Brad Keoun discuss the possible impact of power shortages for miners in the area and the wider crypto mining community.
Valid Points: The Risks and Rewards of Sharding
A sharded blockchain enables blockchain capacity and transaction throughput to increase along with the number of nodes, such that scalability does not sacrifice network decentralization.
Marty Bent Asks ‘Why Does Bitcoin Get Picked On?’
During a panel at Consensus 2021, co-founder of Great American Mining and host of “Tales from the Crypt” podcast Marty Bent discusses the misinformed reputation bitcoin miners have with regard to energy consumption.
Marty Bent: Bitcoiners Must Fight for Energy Narrative
"There's no energy problem. Bitcoin is the energy solution."
TZero to Digitize $25M of Equity in Oil and Gas Fund on Ethereum Blockchain
The deal should make it easier for investors to trade stakes in a fund managed by EnergyFunders.
PG&E, California's Largest Public Utility, Joins Blockchain Education Group
PG&E, OKCoin, ShapeShift, CoinGecko, Band Protocol. One of these MouseBelt enlistees is not like the others.
