Over the past few years, Bitcoin’s difficulty and hash rates have steadily risen exponentially. So too has theΒ electricity consumption of Bitcoin miners has risen as well, which is causing some concern among experts. Rising Demand for Electricity Bitcoin’s price is notΒ the only thing that has beenΒ rising in the last couple of years. New data from Digiconomist, is showing that the global Bitcoin mining energy consumption has reached a staggering 30.14 TWh a year. According to Read More The post Bitcoin Miners Consume More Electricity than 19 European Countries appeared first on Bitcoinist.com.



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