Bitcoin

Energy consumed in mining Bitcoin would power a quarter of 25 million UK homes, report claims

Brendan Montague

| 27th November 2017

Environmentalists concerned about companies digging up gold and coal should also turn their attention the the energy use of mining Bitcoin, the virtual currency threatening to destabilise 'hard' cash. BRENDAN MONTAGUE reports

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