cryptocurrency Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:09:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Why Cryptocurrencies’ Energy Consumption Will Drop Dramatically https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cryptocurrencies-energy-consumption-drop-20180117/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/cryptocurrencies-energy-consumption-drop-20180117/#respond Wed, 17 Jan 2018 19:09:27 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=65069 The massive energy consumption of bitcoin has been a hot issue as it is estimated to require more electricity than 159 countries. As a potential global currency, bitcoin could also potentially threaten our environment because of this energy requirement. However, this massive energy consumption of cryptocurrencies is expected to go down drastically. Why? Bitcoin Before […]

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