Is New York truly willing to sell its soul for few dozen of those digital tokens? Is the Greenidge Generation crypto mine in Yates County about to be dealt a fatal blow? That’s how bad this scenario truly smells, like an exploded limited edition Doom server farm after a power...
Bitcoin. The digital gold rush. The future of finance... or is it? Beneath the hype and the promise of decentralized power lies a dirty secret: the staggering environmental cost of mining. It’s time we admit this reality and start calling for better. We're not talking about a minor inconvenience; we're...
Bitcoin, the world’s first and most successful cryptocurrency, has transformed the landscape of digital finance, but its environmental consequences are raising alarm bells. The implications of bitcoin mining’s energy consumption are dire and alarming. Its massive ecological footprint, creation of e-waste, and overconsumption of natural resources have left environmentalists rattled....
Alright now, let’s get to Uminers and their major move in Ethiopia. On the surface, it sounds fantastic: bringing Bitcoin mining to a country where financial sovereignty is desperately needed, using advanced tech, and even offering zero-interest loans to get miners started. Something feels off, doesn't it? Or, in seeking...
Okay, let's get real. Maybe you’ve heard that Bitcoin mining is an environmental catastrophe. A power-guzzling, climate-wrecking monster spewing carbon into the atmosphere, you say? I get it. That’s the narrative we’ve been fed. What if I told you that narrative is… half-baked. Could Bitcoin mining, yes, Bitcoin mining, be...
Bit Digital is betting the farm. They’re promoting the sale of these shovels in order to purchase the lottery tickets. They're ditching Bitcoin mining, the digital equivalent of the California gold rush, for Ethereum staking, which, let's be honest, sounds a lot less rugged and a lot more…regulated. Whether this...
Alright, let’s be real. When I first learned that Bit Digital was abandoning Bitcoin mining in favor of Ethereum staking, I have to admit my first response was dubious. A company that’s been foundational to the build out… suddenly bailing? It sounded crazy. The further I dug, the more apparent...
The buzz is building. Look out BTC, altcoin ETFs are on their way! The SEC seems to be getting a little more friendly towards it, especially with regards to Solana. We're seeing applications amended, deadlines looming, and even whispers of BlackRock jumping into the XRP game after the Ripple case...
Let's be blunt. The Bitcoin gold rush? It’s increasingly shaping up to be a fool’s errand come 2025. This really is more than a small blip in profitability. That is a dramatic and potentially catastrophic turn in the risk-reward equation. The shiny allure of digital gold is masking a growing...
Tired of the 9-to-5 grind? Tired of the idea that your wealth is in the hands of people you can’t even influence? Let me tell you a secret: Bitcoin mining might just be your escape hatch. I know, I know, this sounds like something only tech sorcerers can comprehend, but...
The air is just crackling with excitement, right? Or maybe that’s just the Crypto Summer 2.0 that you can almost taste on the horizon. Forget the lukewarm spring we just had. This is about to be a full-blown heatwave, fueled by something even more potent than Bitcoin: Altcoins. And what's...
Bitcoin mining, which serves as the infrastructure for the world’s first and most well-known cryptocurrency, remains one of the hottest topics in cryptocurrency today. This process, which is critical for transaction validation and new bitcoin issuance, requires miners to solve tricky math equations. While important to its overall security and...
CleanSpark's recent headlines are hard to ignore: 685 Bitcoin mined in a single month, $61 million in revenue, and a hashrate reaching 50 EH/s. They have a Bitcoin treasury that makes them the seventh largest company by market capitalization — as publicly traded companies go. Before we hand them the...