Sep 4, 2025 · 4 min read · In mid-2025, residents of the U.S. state of Virginia witnessed an incident that until recently seemed impossible. In Data Center Alley — the largest cluster of data centers in the United States — around 60 data centers, including crypto-mining farms,...
Join discussionSep 1, 2025 · 3 min read · When people talk about crypto, one of the main problems is often mentioned — mining and its harm to the environment. The media write about “dirty energy,” about the fact that Bitcoin consumes more electricity than entire countries, and scientists rem...
Join discussionAug 29, 2025 · 2 min read · Bitcoin, long hailed as the symbol of decentralization and financial freedom, is now under pressure as two mining giants — Foundry USA and AntPool — control over 51% of the network’s hashrate. According to analyst Jacob King, Foundry commands 33.63% ...
Join discussionAug 26, 2025 · 3 min read · For decades, centralization was seen as a convenient way to manage and organize systems. But as digital technologies evolve and global processes grow more complex, its weaknesses are becoming impossible to ignore. Real-world example: Google Cloud out...
Join discussionAug 25, 2025 · 3 min read · Since late February 2025, residents of Iran have been living in constant readiness for power outages. Across the country, power supply disruptions lasting up to 3–4 hours per day are being recorded. For millions of families, this means refrigerators ...
Join discussionAug 22, 2025 · 3 min read · Have you ever stopped to think that your entire personal life, your money, your secrets — they all live inside massive data centers owned by giants like Google, Amazon, and Facebook? Yes, that’s right: countless servers clustered in parallel realitie...
Join discussionAug 21, 2025 · 3 min read · In the crypto industry, people love to talk about decentralization, innovation, and freedom. But they rarely address a topic that cannot be ignored: the real impact of mining on human health. And we are not talking about digital threats, but about th...
Join discussionAug 20, 2025 · 3 min read · Bans on crypto mining in several countries have long become familiar news. Countries with “clean” energy sources — like Canada, Norway, or parts of Switzerland — are increasingly banning energy-intensive computation to preserve their climate achievem...
Join discussionAug 19, 2025 · 3 min read · Digital gold or ecological bomb? In recent months, the topic of cryptocurrency has once again gained momentum in the United States. Financial institutions are including Bitcoin in their strategic reserves, and phrases like “national leadership in dig...
Join discussionAug 18, 2025 · 3 min read · When it comes to the harm cryptocurrencies cause to the planet, most discussions focus on energy consumption. Gigantic farms consuming megawatts, overloaded power grids, construction of new power lines — all this has already become part of the standa...
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