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Carbon Bubble

Ethereum Closes In on Long-Sought Fix to Cut Energy Use Over 99%

Shift could boost Ether as Bitcoin’s environmental rap worsens; ETH’s 45,000 gigawatt usage may fall to 1/10,000th of that.

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Bitcoin's Dependency on Mining

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Users and developers of the world’s most-used blockchain have been wrangling with its carbon-footprint problem for as long as it’s been around. Now, they say, several recent breakthroughs will finally enable them to drastically cut energy use in a year or less.