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Economist Nouriel Roubini, a crypto skeptic known as “Dr. Doom,” is developing a tokenized asset intended to be a more resilient U.S. dollar. “Our goal is to create a global store of value … This is something akin to a substitute for Treasuries, or a digital asset that has payment
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“The Intel Blockscale ASIC’s specs only apply to one unit of the silicon itself, rather than potential output of a fully built system,” according to the company’s spokesperson. “Typically, mining systems include hundreds of ASICs enabling a much higher hash rate at the system level,” the spokesperson added. Original Source
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Playing into the current trend for environmental, social and governance (ESG) technology, hashgraph consensus ledger Hedera is touting a “token visualization tool” to measure, report and verify the sustainability of everything from land-use projects to eco-friendly farming. Source
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As clean energy gradually gets cheaper, mining operations will help subsidize green projects, writes the CEO of mining firm CleanSpark. This op-ed is part of CryptoX’s Mining Week. Source
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How a European war made an argument about mining moot. This op-ed is part of Mining Week. Source
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The preceding point about transaction validation is important because it is enticing to compare the energy density of Bitcoin transactions to something like Visa (V). Bitcoin can only handle seven transactions per second compared to Visa’s 24,000+. But, remember, Bitcoin doesn’t use energy to validate transactions. The miners’ job is
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"We don’t take this decision lightly. Mastercard has operated in Russia for more than 25 years. We have nearly 200 colleagues there who make this company so critical to many stakeholders. As we take these steps, we will continue to focus on their safety and well-being, including continuing to provide
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The organization’s recent partnership with trade group MEF is meant to help with large-scale projects like measuring tailpipe emissions. Source
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Will the ESG FUD ever stop? As a Congressional subcommittee prepares to take a good look at Proof-Of-Work mining, “more than 70” national, international, state and local organizations wrote a letter to the “Congressional leadership.” In it, they use old and unreliable data to get their point across. They completely
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The Watr Foundation, in partnership with blockchain platform Algorand, recently launched a project to provide ESG scoring for different commodities with a special focus on climate change. While the project has a clear environmental focus, the platform will also include labeling for everything from how a company treats its workers to
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