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Cryptocurrencies

Given how dreadful cryptocurrencies have performed this year, it’s not difficult to link the words Crypto with manure or poo or other less family-friendly words. But there’s also a practical reason. Mining for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is very...

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07.21 23 Dec 2022


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Given how dreadful cryptocurrencies have performed this year, it’s not difficult to link the words Crypto with manure or poo or other less family-friendly words. But there’s also a practical reason. Mining for cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin is very energy intensive since you need whole server farms working 24 hours a day to solve a problem and earn coins.

But one company has developed a way of using manure to power that mining. It’s called easy Crypto hunter and Josh Riddett is the founder and joined Joe Lynam on the show.

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