Overview In previous literature, Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF) postulated that the major energy source used by the Bitcoin network was coal. In my Feb 2023 article in Bitcoin magazine,...

Now that we have a new model (BEEST), based on the CCAF model, with known exclusions added in, we can start asking this model some intriguing questions. Right now, a lot of people are asking me a lot...

The most familiar sound I have heard all morning is sirens and the sound of neighbours making makeshift repairs. This wasn’t supposed to happen. This was supposed to be our grandchildren’s issue not ours....

Introduction We are at an inflection point in Bitcoin mining history. Policy decisions made now will have far-reaching consequences. So it is more important than ever that these decisions are based on...

Setting the Scene You have probably heard about Bitcoin by now. Whether what you have heard makes sense, or is accurate is less certain. Whatever understanding you come with, I invite you to put that...

Executive Summary: 291.9 MW of power from vented carbon negative sources such as landfill gas would make the entire Bitcoin network carbon neutral. To put in context how achievable this is: if Bitcoin...

Executive Summary: By an order of magnitude, using vented methane as a power source is the most carbon negative fuel source. Of different vented sources, landfills are the most economically viable source....

Note: this is a dynamic report that gets updated as new data on new carbon negative Bitcoin mining, new carbon-neutral Bitcoin mining, miner efficiency (avg J/TH) and new estimated total Bitcoin network...

Bitcoin mining might not be the great evil we have been led to believe it is. Since the China-ban, the Bitcoin Mining council reports a significant rise in the use of renewable energy. In some...

Introduction: Previously, we published research showing that Bitcoin mining had the potential to reduce 0.15°C of global warming by 2045. This article is the sequel to that research. Because UNEP has...