Bitcoin mining and its energy footprint
@inproceedings{ODwyer2014BitcoinMA,
title={Bitcoin mining and its energy footprint},
author={Karl J. O'Dwyer and David Malone},
year={2014}
}Bitcoin is a digital cryptocurrency that has generated considerable public interest, including both booms in value and busts of exchanges dealing in Bitcoins. One of the fundamental concepts of Bitcoin is that work, called mining, must be done in checking all monetary transactions, which in turn creates Bitcoins as a reward. In this paper we look at the energy consumption of Bitcoin mining. We consider if and when Bitcoin mining has been profitable compared to the energy cost of performing the…
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