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Kyrgyzstan has increased electricity fees for cryptocurrency mining farms. This is the country's attempt to alleviate the energy crisis allegedly caused by the miners' high consumption.

China, a workshop for more than 65% of the world's bitcoin, has taken a tough stance against crypto mining and related transactions, including a total crackdown on bitcoin mining.

If BTC was a state, it would be ranked among the top 30 electricity consumers globally. This raises concerns among both governments and environment activists.

The transition to a new energy balance and sustainability passes through a new management of the networks, or rather a new conception of the networks themselves. And a key role for this new perspective can be played by the cryptocurrency, blockchain and distributed ledger technology (DLT).

There have been many debates around bitcoin’s energy consumption rates and its negative influence on the environment. Sustainable systems such as solar energy can solve the problem by introducing ecologically clean energy for mining. Besides, it is much cheaper than traditional sources.

Deneum Breakthrough in Particle Physics Allows its Power Stations to Generate 95% Cheaper Electricity, Autonomously, at Any Conditions

Kwhcoin is a blockchain based solution for a cost effective and network incentive based platform to integrate renewable energy and distributed energy resources into the grid. More importantly Kwhcoin team is developing a model to compensate the value of distributed energy resources at the edges of the grid transitioning to an advanced energy network that can be accessed by all with no barriers to inclusion.

Four people have been arrested in Venezuela for using the country’s electricity illegally by mining Bitcoins. Bitcoin mining is a very power-intensive activity consuming many units of electricity a day. Implying that if unpaid electricity is used, within just a few weeks, millions of dollars in power revenue could be lost.

IMO as an expert by Marco Maltese, Bitcoin enthusiast and the author of the book "Enter Bitcoin: How It Works, Why It Works, Why Invest Now, Future Scenarios".