CHARTS, CHARTS, CHARTS!

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Dayum, that's a ton of energy consumed everyday just to validate bitcoin transactions.

I wonder if bitcoin can switch to a more environmentally friendly model in the future. Because if bitcoin users keeps growing that will mean more and more power being used meaninglessly.

Anyone complaining about environmental impact of bitcoin mining needs to look into AI cloud computing + CGI render farms

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2010 -

Slashdot - A forum reply but still one of the first mentions of bitcoin on a public place.
Irish Times - Imagine your computer as a wallet full of Bitcoins
LWN.net - Bitcoin: Virtual money created by CPU cycles
Xfin.wordpress - BitCoin: a rube-goldberg machine for buying electricity

2011 -

C-Net - Bitcoin mentioned in a podcast and Buzz out Loud videos. & Senators target Bitcoin currency, citing drug sales
PC World - Could the Wikileaks Scandal Lead to New Virtual Currency?
Forbes - So, That's the End of Bitcoin Then
The NY Times - Speed Bumps on the Road to Virtual Cash
Time - Bitcoins: Does an Internet Currency Mean the Doom of the Dollar?
- Online Cash Bitcoin Could Challenge Governments, Banks
- Report: Police Confuse Bitcoin Miner’s Power Use for Growing Weed
The New Yorker - The Crypto Currency
The Calculating Investor - Why Bitcoin Will Fail as a Currency
Slashdot - Online-Only Currency BitCoin Reaches Dollar Parity

2012 -

Fortune - Bitcoin looks primed for money laundering
Slashdot - Large Bitcoin Ponzi Scheme Collapses With a Loss of $5.6 Million
Forbes - Bitcoin Foundation Launches To Drive Bitcoin's Advancement
Wired.com - FBI Fears Bitcoin’s Popularity with Criminals
Venturebeat.com - Bitcoin value spikes after hacker demands ransom in the currency
NetworkWorld - Bitcoin: Seven reasons to be wary

2013 -

MS-NBC - The mysterious Bitcoin
- Could Bitcoin be the currency of the future?
- The bitcoin — funny money or currency of the future?
- Bitcoin: Money of the future?
- Bitcoin breaks new ground during Senate scrutiny.
The NY Times - A Prediction: Bitcoin Is Doomed to Fail
Forbes - How You Should Have Spent $100 In 2013 (Hint: Bitcoin)
CNN - The Real Significance of the Bitcoin Boom (and Bust)
- Why cyber currency Bitcoin is trading at an all-time high (This was at around $40/btc)
C-net - Multiple stories of trojans that can use other's computers to mine btc, btc heists and thefts
- Much Ado About Bitcoin
The New Yorker - The bitcoin boom
Business Insider - Bitcoin Is A Joke

2014 -

New York Times -Time Inc. Begins Accepting Bitcoin Payments
CNN - Bitcoin: One year on from peak price, what does the future hold?
BusinessWeek - Bitcoin Dreams
MS-NBC - Are bitcoin future money or just a scam?
- Bitcoin's road to the future.
C-net - Should Bitcoins be banned?
- Expedia embraces -- and legitimizes – Bitcoin
FTAlphaville - Cult Markets: When the bubble bursts

2015 -

MS-NBC - Why bitcoins are important
-Wall street fears bitcoin
- Should we take bitcoin more seriously?
Fortune.com - How Wall Street got into the wild business of Bitcoin
Forbes - Is the world ready for Bitcoin to go mainstream?
Playboy - You'll soon be able to anonymously send people money with ease, and it will be a big deal
American Banker - Why Banks Are Testing Bitcoin's Blockchain (Without Bitcoin)
Yahoo Finance - Why financial firms are investigating bitcoin tech
Nasdaq.com - Is A Blockchain Without Bitcoin Possible Or Practical? - Bit-bugs: Bitcoin as the New Safe haven
Washington Post - Bitcoin isn’t the future of money
- it’s either a Ponzi scheme or a pyramid scheme
Business Agenda, a major newspaper in the Philippines, - From fantasy currency to financial disruptor
The Guardian - Could blockchain technology solve streaming music’s payment rows?
Fox - Finding Value in Bitcoin
Entrepreneur - What Is the Future of Bitcoin?

2016 -

Money Week - It’s time to buy bitcoin
- Why I’m buying bitcoins
WSJ - Bitcoin catches on with Goldbugs
Reuters - CME, ICE prepare pricing data that could boost bitcoin
NASDAQ - The Five Most Useful Properties of Bitcoin
- Bitcoin: A Significantly Investable Asset
- Why Bitcoin Could Be More Important Than The Internet
Forbes- Is Bitcoin Better Than Gold?
The International Monetary Fund - The Internet of Trust
Reuters - Virtual Safe Haven?
CNBC - Bitcoin gains validity as digital gold after Brexit vote
Huffington Post - CRYPTO CURRENCIES - A TIME TO INVEST?

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How practical is it to live on Bitcoin: historical progress

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aye mind sharing the source of your graphs? if you dont mind.

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