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Crypto Community Continues Reacting to China’s Sweeping Crypto Ban

With continuing fallout from China, CoinDesk’s Christie Harkin reviews the week’s events out of China that potentially impacted the price of bitcoin and the wider crypto market.

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El Salvador Mines First Bitcoin With Volcanic Energy

“The Hash” team reacts to El Salvador President Nayib Bukele, revealing the country has officially mined the first bitcoin using volcanic energy. With almost 22% of the country’s energy supply coming from geothermal sources, could El Salvador provide an answer to the hunt for a reliable, clean energy source to power bitcoin mining?

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Compass, une société minière de Bitcoin , signe un accord avec Oklo, une société de microréacteurs nucléaires.

Les volcans salvadoriens ne sont T la seule nouvelle source d’énergie dans l’industrie minière du Bitcoin .

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Why Tech Giants Are Racing to Buy Up Renewable Energy

Amazon and other tech giants are accelerating the race to buy up renewable energy, according to a Wall Street Journal report. "The Hash" hosts discuss the race to reduce emissions and why it matters for the crypto world.

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Could the Heat and Feared Blackouts in Parts of the U.S. Affect Bitcoin Mining Operations?

Texas and other U.S. states across the West are facing energy grid shortfalls this summer as severe drought reduces the amount of water available for hydroelectric power generation, says the Wall Street Journal. CoinDesk's Christie Harkin and Brad Keoun discuss the possible impact of power shortages for miners in the area and the wider crypto mining community.

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Points valables : les risques et les avantages du sharding

Une blockchain fragmentée permet d'augmenter la capacité de la blockchain et le débit des transactions en même temps que le nombre de nœuds, de sorte que l'évolutivité ne sacrifie pas la décentralisation du réseau.

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Marty Bent Asks ‘Why Does Bitcoin Get Picked On?’

During a panel at Consensus 2021, co-founder of Great American Mining and host of “Tales from the Crypt” podcast Marty Bent discusses the misinformed reputation bitcoin miners have with regard to energy consumption.

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Marty Bent : Les partisans du Bitcoin doivent se battre pour le discours sur l'énergie

« Il n'y a pas de problème énergétique. Le Bitcoin est la solution. »

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TZero va numériser 25 millions de dollars de capitaux propres dans un fonds pétrolier et GAS sur la blockchain Ethereum

L’accord devrait permettre aux investisseurs d’échanger plus facilement des participations dans un fonds géré par EnergyFunders.

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PG&E, le plus grand service public de Californie, rejoint le groupe d'éducation à la blockchain

PG&E, OKCoin, ShapeShift, CoinGecko, Band Protocol… ONEun de ces recrues de MouseBelt n'est pas comme les autres.

PG&E is exploring blockchain use cases via a new partnership.