Opinion
Blockchain is a revolutionary technology swiftly disrupting many industries, and it could answer some of the most pressing efficiency concerns in the corporate world today.
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Energy News
Energy for blockchain products is one of the main topics of discussion for the development process of the cryptocurrency industry. As Bitcoin mining is very demanding in terms of energy usage and has become even harder to do over time, Bitcoin’s proof-of-work algorithm has been altered in other, less consuming algorithms for new cryptocurrencies. Bitcoin’s influence on the energy sector is hard to overestimate. Bitcoin energy consumption is currently taking more energy than most countries on the planet. This is not just the reason for the large profits in the energy industry but also a warning for the environment, as it is a threat to the climate with an amount of 20 megatons of CO2 emission per year. The reduction of the energy consumption for cryptocurrencies is also an important task as government environmental policies may become an obstacle for the blockchain industry.
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An Australian government-backed trial of P2P solar trading using blockchain found that the technology is popular and technically feasible.
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Tokyo Electric Power Company Holdings Inc partnered with Itochu Corporation to start building a blockchain-based system to trade electricity surpluses.
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The blockchain peer-to-peer renewable energy platform has now closed its $4 million Series-A funding round.
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As Germany shuts down all nuclear and coal-based energy production, blockchain is underpinning many renewable energy platforms.
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Vodafone plans to link billions of distributed energy generating assets to grids using the Internet of Things and blockchain technology.
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Australian blockchain firm Power Ledger has announced a partnership to develop a digital energy company in Thailand, utilizing its peer-to-peer renewable energy trading tech.
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In a world without electricity and the Internet, Bitcoin would find alternatives to flourish, argues Andreas Antonopoulos.
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The Austrian government is backing a project that would let citizens submit data about industrial waste heat spots for district heating, receiving tokens as reward.
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Ukraine's Ministry of Energy believes that using power plants for crypto mining could be one of the best ways to take advantage of a current energy glut.
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Cryptocurrency mining operations could move to alternative energy solutions to maintain and boost profitability in the next five years.
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As the benchmark oil futures contract in the U.S. fell into negative territory this week, blockchain devs have been focusing on greener, sustainable energy projects.
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The energy industry combines supply chains, financial markets and consumer services. Innovative blockchain solutions aim to improve it at each level.
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The founder of Swiss crypto broker Bitcoin Suisse predicts that Bitcoin will move to Proof-of-Stake once Ether has proved the algorithm’s success.
27321 - Expert Take
Smart cities have become one of the most discussed topics recently, but what do they really mean? And why do we call them “smart”?
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