#Bitcoin Energy Consumption Index News

Bitcoin Network “Wastes” More Energy Than Switzerland

July 8, 2019 by Edoardo Vecchio at Bitcoin

The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance launched a new real-time index tracking the total electricity consumption of the Bitcoin network. The index, called Cambridge Bitcoin Electricity Consumption Index (CBECI), provides a real-time estimate of the total annual electricity usage of the Bitcoin network and enables live comparisons with alternative electricity uses...

The New Era of Large-scale, Commercial Crypto Mining

March 13, 2018 by Rahul Nambiampurath at Business, Mining, News

The Sichuan mountains located in China, the Columbia basin that runs through Seattle and Grindavík in Iceland all have something in common. Though these places are hundreds of miles apart from each other, they play a significant role in keeping various cryptocurrencies running. These locations host the world’s most extensive...