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Resource Efficiency

Bitcoin alternatives could be answer to energy-guzzling cryptocurrencies
There are many new forms of cryptocurrency, collectively termed “altcoins”, which are far greener than bitcoin – and to which investors are now turning.
The Conversation

Jul 13, 2021

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Coal

Coal-powered bitcoin is an environmental disaster
The latest episode in the process of trying to present Bitcoin as if it’s not only clean but vital to clean power development is particularly bad.
Ketan Joshi

Jun 25, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Bitcoin mining to consume more electricity than whole of Australia by 2024
Researchers warn bitcoin mining could undermine efforts to reach global climate targets, with electricity consumption expected to surpass that of Australia.
Michael Mazengarb

Apr 7, 2021

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Policy & Planning

Bitcoin is a mouth hungry for fossil fuels
As Elon Musk demonstrates, the story of Bitcoin isn’t a sideshow to climate; it’s a central force that could drag down the accelerating pace of positive change.
Ketan Joshi

Mar 30, 2021

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Smart Energy

Blockchain: Secret weapon in the fight against climate change
While hackers wreak havoc on the climate, blockchain, the bleeding-edge technology behind Bitcoin, could help clean up the mess.
Jeremy Deaton

Jan 17, 2018

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Commentary

‘Utopian’ currency Bitcoin is a potentially catastrophic energy guzzler
The recent upsurge in the price of Bitcoin seems to have finally awakened the world to the massively destructive environmental consequences of this bubble.
John Quiggin

Dec 12, 2017

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Markets

Blockchain energy trader Power Ledger raises $17m in “coin offering”
Perth blockchain-based renewables trading start-up, Power Ledger, raising tens of millions of dollars in Australia’s first “initial coin offering” in energy space.
Sophie Vorrath

Sep 8, 2017

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Featured

Blockchain network disruption coming, and Australia among pioneers
Australian start-up Power Ledger named as global leader in blockchain technology which has the potential to “rapidly disrupt” the traditional energy market and fast-track the shift to decentralised generation.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 25, 2016

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Solar

Bitcoin-inspired peer-to-peer solar trading trial kicks off in Perth
Perth start-up to begin trials of blockchain technology that, if successful, could kick off peer-to-peer solar trading in Australia.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 12, 2016

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