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Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index updated to reflect hardware distribution and hash rate increases

Cambridge researchers revise the widely cited index in response to evidence indicating periodic overestimation of Bitcoin mining’s electricity consumption.

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Daily Raids on Crypto Farms as Abkhazia Intensifies Mining Crackdown

Authorities in Abkhazia are stepping up efforts to clamp down on cryptocurrency mining amid electricity shortages in the winter months. The government of the breakaway Georgian region announced it’s also…

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Buenos Aires to Tax Cryptocurrency Mining in 2023

The province of Buenos Aires in Argentina will begin taxing cryptocurrency mining and possibly staking, in 2023. A new proposal modifies the tax law to introduce cryptocurrency mining as a…

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Vietnam Crypto Miners Complain About Losses From Ethereum’s Merge

Miners in Vietnam have expressed grievances over the loss of business following Ethereum’s transition to a consensus mechanism that does not require the energy-intensive computing they were providing. Many are…

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