In 1999, media attacked the internet: “a lump of coal is burnt everytime a book is ordered online”. Today the same attack has shifted towards Bitcoin.

In the early days of the internet, media hit pieces tried to blame the internet for energy consumption. Somewhere in America, a lump of coal is burned every time a book is ordered on-line. https://www.forbes.com/forbes/1999/0531/6311070a.html?sh=12b1b1ad2580 The current fuel-economy rating: about 1 pound of coal to create, package, store and move Read more…