The ever influential Musk is pulling bitcoin where it once loathed to go

In earlier days of cryptocurrency, the prospect of centralised mining would have been enough to turn participants away

06 June 2021 - 19:13 By Elaine Ou

Bitcoin uses a lot of electricity. So do electric cars, space travel and civilisation in general, but few things burn energy so shamelessly...

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