[2017-05-03]The Byzantine Alternative for Bitcoin and Ethereum

[andrzej.srankiewicz]

The unprecedented financial success of projects like Bitcoin and Ethereum often hides the fact that both enterprises essentially live on borrowed time due to the energy inefficiency of their platforms.

Bitcoin alone is estimated to consume as much energy as Denmark by 2020. While the nordic nation is mainly powered by renewables, this cannot be said about the overwhelmingly Chinese mining farms, upholding the BTC empire.

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