Buzzwords
Bitcoin — bitcoin.org — is a digital currency that uses peer-to-peer technology to operate with no central authority; managing transactions and the issuing of bitcoins is carried out collectively by the network.
Headlines
Bitcoin gobbles up clean energy
The rising costs of explaining bitcoin – EFF
bitcoin-is-really-bad-for-the-environment
bitcoin-mining-guzzles-energy and-its-carbon-footprint-just-keeps-growing – @ericholthaus
Recommended Listening
Buying Beer with Bitcoins, Google I/O Smorgasboard
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Bitcoin: from the beginning – How did the Bitcoin virtual money system get started? Dr Karl takes a bite out of history.
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