Have you been feeling the pinch of your electricity bill slowly rising over time? You're not alone. While inflation gets blamed for everything these days, there's a less obvious, more insidious culprit at play: Bitcoin mining. Yes, that Bitcoin. Your money is quietly being taken by the digital gold rush...
Bitcoin mining is an essential part of how the currency works, as miners verify transactions and add new blocks to the blockchain. It has come under attack for its high energy use. Estimates indicate Bitcoin mining uses between 73-113 terawatt-hours (TWh) of electricity per year as of 2023. This astounding...
Bitcoin mining—which has a massive carbon footprint—is facing more and more criticism for its negative effects on the environment. This activity happens to consume a staggering amount of energy. In reality, it consumes more electricity than most countries and is a major driver of carbon pollution.The Environmental Cost of BitcoinRecent...
Now, picture needing to wake up at 3 AM. Gone is the light, tinkling melody of crickets, replaced with a continuous and maddening drone that rumbles under your skin. The same is true for the families who live near crypto mines over in Texas. It’s not a distant dystopian future...
To compound these challenges, the cost to mine a single Bitcoin is exploding! Once you factor in all the out-of-pocket costs, it comes to about $137,000. The knee-jerk reaction is panic. I say, hold up a second. What if instead of a crisis it was a catalyst? A very painful,...
By the fourth quarter of 2024, miners on public exchange took it on the chin—high cost increases, high energy prices. Today, they’re averaging $82,162 in costs to mine one Bitcoin. This amounts to a 47% quarterly increase fueled by increasing input costs, tax obligations and cranking competition. CoinShares data shows...
The U.S. Bitcoin mining industry is demonstrating resilience and potential for growth, navigating short-term economic pressures through supportive policy developments and technological advancements. Together, these legislative victories, smart energy policy, and a wave of new hardware are setting the industry up for sustainable success. The industry has been reeling from...
Okay, fam, let's be real. You've seen the tweets. You've heard the whispers. Solana’s return isn’t just a comeback – it’s a renaissance. Forget the doom and gloom of the crypto winter. We're talking DeFi Summer 2.0, and this time, it's bigger, bolder, and way more accessible.Look, I get it....
So, wow—Solana’s really been killing it, huh? Fifth largest crypto, TVL through the roof, fees surpassing Ethereum… it’s enough to make you think we've found the holy grail of blockchains. Before you remortgage the homestead and YOLO into SOL, hold up. More importantly, I’m a pragmatist who’d rather see cold,...
100x returns. The holy grail of crypto investing. We’ve all heard the hype, the happy talk, the success stories, the Lambo memes. And if we’re being real, it’s easy to understand how the idea of flipping a few thousand dollars into a life-changing payout can be so alluring. So before...
Forget the tired narratives about Bitcoin dominance. Now the real action is in the deep, wild altcoin universe where innovation is occurring at warp speed. I've been diving deep, sifting through the noise, and I've found three altcoins that I believe possess the potential for massive growth by 2025. We're...
Let me tell you about Maria. For Maria, who was working two minimum wage jobs, just getting by and feeling stuck. The system felt rigged. That was until her friend introduced her to Bitcoin, and more importantly introduced her to an extremely simple strategy known as dollar-cost averaging (DCA). Now,...
Let's be blunt: clinging to traditional casinos is like insisting on using a rotary phone in the age of smartphones. Sure, you can, but why on earth would you want to? The future of gambling is without a doubt digital, decentralized and with a cryptocurrency backbone. And if you're not...
They’re springing up left and right, promising a futuristic id-driven gambling experience powered by the latest digital gold. But hold on a minute. Before you dive headfirst into this crypto-fueled wonderland, let’s pump the brakes and inject a dose of reality. Are they truly the next evolution of online gaming,...
Bitcoin. The digital gold rush. The future of finance. We've all heard the hype. Only a tiny sliver of us would care to admit, but a part of us likely wants to dream it. Before you dump your hard-earned dollars into the crypto black hole, let’s lift the curtain on...