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Sustainable energy usage for BTC mining grows nearly 60% in a year Sustainable energy usage for BTC mining grows nearly 60% in a year
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Sustainable energy usage for BTC mining grows nearly 60% in a year

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Bitcoin (BTC) mining companies are further adopting green energy as the global Bitcoin mining industry increased its sustainable energy mix by approximately 59% year over year. The Bitcoin Mining Council (BMC) is group of 44 Bitcoin mining companies claiming to represent 50% of the global Bitcoin network, or 100.9 exahash (EH). It released a new report on Monday April 25 with the findings. The group is also fronted by Bitcoin proponent and MicroStrategy CEO Michael Saylor. The latest survey of BMC member companies questioned how much electricity their companies consumed, what percentage of that electricity is generated by hydro, wind, solar, nuclear or geothermal sources, and what the hash rate of their operations were. The BMC estimates the global mining industry’s sustainable electricity...